Peter Jennings Quotes
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I don't believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents.
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By the general process of epic poetry, I mean the way this form of art has constantly responded to the profound needs of the society in which it was made.
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It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who has never experienced it than we can explain light to the blind.
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Your private life is really very important for you. You know, all of us, you know.
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When I got back to Madison Avenue, I realized that copywriters made more than artists, so I switched.
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For me, my home is a peaceful place where I can rest, and it gives me back energy.
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I drink tons of water. It always sounds like the lamest thing, but there's a reason you keep hearing this over and over again. It really works.
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When someone tells me about Malala, the girl who was shot by the Taliban - that's my definition for her - I don't think she's me. Now I don't even feel as if I was shot. Even my life in Swat feels like a part of history or a movie I watched. Things change. God has given us a brain and a heart which tell us how to live.
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Words are but the signs of ideas.
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Honestly, I find writing to be a very lonely job.
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My job is to help more people have jobs.
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Whatever road you've been given, enjoy that road.
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Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on the imagination that affects the individual who has suffered it, forever.
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When I was young, no one got married. Now, all the young people, they want to get married, they want security. Now that my children's friends are getting married, I go to more weddings than I ever did when I was young.
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I think more and more people these days go for the safe option in film making.
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I draw and play the piano badly. But when I'm doing those things, I'm concentrating so hard there's no room for worry. I find that onstage, too.
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Pioneers may be picturesque figures, but they are often rather lonely ones.
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I also want to encourage anybody who was affected by Hurricane Corina to make sure their children are in school.
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Our feminist culture at the present moment is completely dependent on capitalism. My grandmother was sill scrubbing clothes on the back porch on a washboard!
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I didn't really start building my own stuff until I was 24, 25 or so, and even then, I ran into a lot of resistance from, like, older folks, like my bosses at other companies or people in the industry that were like, 'Oh that's an interesting idea, but it will never work.' And, I don't know, I kind of believed everything that they told me.
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I can spend hours in a grocery store. I get so excited when I see food, I go crazy. I spend hours arranging my baskets so that everything fits in and nothing gets squashed. I'm really anal about it, actually.
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The product is the delivery of the largest number of people at the least cost.
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Senator Albert Gore Sr. was one of the first outspoken critics of the Vietnam War.
