John Stossel Quotes
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Everyone romanticizes somebody.
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Now I'm back home, living in London, running my theater. I just want to enjoy all that.
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The Islamic method of waging war is not to kill innocent civilians, but it was Christians in World War II who bombed innocent civilians in Dresden and dropped the nuclear bomb on Hiroshima, neither of which were military targets.
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Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, you'd better hit it.
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Everyone needs help when they try something new.
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I don't really think about anything too much. I live in the present. I move on. I don't think about what happened yesterday.
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Never give up, and never give in.
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Our entire brand is about transparency. We want that data out there because you know what? If you are only getting one in three messages replied to, you're normal. You're right there in the middle of everything with everyone else.
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I am married to the theater, and the films are only my mistress.
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My parents pushed us very hard to work, both in the home, doing chores and cooking, and at school.
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Why is every great children's story about a journey? Maybe that's because we are always on one.
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Shakespeare's taught me that there are more words in the English language than I have got in my head.
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Even the most seemingly unpleasant situations - if you become aligned with it, something good will emerge from that.
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That is why man can also never understand himself: For he is himself a timeless act; an act which he performs continuously, and there is no moment in which he might not perform it, as there would have to be to understand himself.
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Literature is no longer Necessary Teaching is left.
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For those of you who thought you'd be forgotten, The friends you've made will try their best, to make it so. Think of all the beauty that you left behind you. You can take it if you want it, and then let it go.
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We would not think of allowing a man to determine a woman’s life merely because a fetus he helped create was in her womb; then why would we allow a woman to determine a man’s life merely because a fetus he helped create is in her womb?
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I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions. Quoted in PBS episode of American Masters
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Working with the children on 'Matilda' has been a joy. They don't do this professionally - their sense of discovery is instinctive, and the challenge for us adults is to keep that going in ourselves when we're doing it for the fiftieth or the hundredth time. To my delight and amazement, it hasn't gone stale - we discover it freshly every time.
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Every president becomes a caricature. The press, partisans, late-night shows, and other arbiters of our culture these days boil down complicated and multi-faceted personalities into one-dimensional punchlines.
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I consider myself a writer. I don't favour any type of writing. I sometimes wish short stories came more easily to me.
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Do not let anyone tell you what you can be. Do not let anyone tell you that you are not good enough or smart enough. Remember that nobody is better than you. Everybody puts on their pants one leg at a time.
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All our rights are gradually eroded as government gets bigger.
