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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I would vote for the man who's lived life, who's done different occupations, who's been out in the real world and struggled to make a living, struggled to raise a family, struggled with life as it exists. So I'd vote for experience, honest experience.
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Most of the time it's the parents who recognise me. They try to tell their kids, 'Look, it's Giselle,' and I say, 'No, no, no, don't ruin this for them,' because I'm usually standing there with my hair sideways and no make-up on. And the kid is saying, 'That is not Giselle. No way. That is some worn-out girl who really needs a bath.'
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I can assure you we are all strong-willed, forceful personalities and the president encourages vigorous debate.
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I don't lift weights. I do fitness exercises to stay strong.
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It is long overdue for parents to realize they have the right and duty to protect our children against the intolerant evolutionists.
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I did have a dog for a few years when I was little, but then just really had cats until I was about 21.
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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.
