Peter Landesman Quotes
I had a very strong background in journalism, so it's my instinct to try to be as fair and accurate as possible.
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In India, it is difficult for a cricketer to show that he is under some kind of stress. Here, you can only retire when you don't want to play anymore, or the motivation is lacking.
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Not even analysis, by itself, can transform you. You must still do the changing yourself.
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Grow we must, if we outgrow all that loves us.
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I have always believed that one should not be scared of losing, I think that really is the key.
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Common Core results finally give families an accurate barometer of whether our kids are mastering the skills they need to succeed in a knowledge-based global economy, early enough that we can intervene.
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Well-run libraries are filled with people because what a good library offers cannot be easily found elsewhere: an indoor public space in which you do not have to buy anything in order to stay.
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Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.
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While teaching, I also worked undercover in the lower courts by saying I was a young law teacher wanting experience in criminal law. The judges were happy to assist me but what I learned was how corrupt the lower courts were. Judges were accepting money right in the courtroom.
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After being nearly eradicated from the lower 48 states by the 1960s, bald eagles were re-introduced to the Adirondacks in the 1980s, and I'm proud to report the view from my home indicates they are flourishing in upstate New York.
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My core belief is that if you're complaining about something for more than three minutes, two minutes ago you should have done something about it.
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We believed that to understand literature, you had to understand its place in history and culture.
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I was not emotionally mature enough to accept any kind of success when I was young. I needed to go that long route.
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Every diminution of the liberty of the press is followed by a diminution of civilization. Wherever we see the freedom of the press interfered with, there we see the nutrition of the human family interrupted.
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When you make as many speeches and you talk as much as I do and you get away from the text, it's always a possibility to get a few words tangled here and there.
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Agatha Christie holds special personal memories for me because my mum, a television producer called Pat Sandys, had been the first person to persaude the Agatha Christie estate to put one of her stories on T.V.
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It is true that integrity alone won't make you a leader, but without integrity you will never be one.
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The guy who kind of identified as my dad was my dad's brother, who was the second person my mom married.
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Most of my friends - when I was five, six, seven years old - their dads were working in an auto plant in Detroit until 5:30, and then they were sat in rush hour. They weren't around as much. My dad finished at three o'clock, so he was just around more.
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Men and women should be paid equally.
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My body looks like 30 but my face looks like 50. But I cannot walk bare-chested in the streets. I like to do these movies to challenge myself physically.
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The most important thing that everybody can do, aside from building and keeping your network strong, is make good choices about your health.
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When I started performing, I played acoustic music, partly because that way you don't have to worry about interacting too much with other people creatively. Asserting myself in that way was not really a strong point for me.
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Programs that encourage mentorship, workshops that teach women how to self advocate, and even employee resource groups that are focused on women in the workplace are all very powerful outlets that foster safe-space conversations.
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I had a very strong background in journalism, so it's my instinct to try to be as fair and accurate as possible.
