George Pataki Quotes
I'm very proud of what we've done with the State University and the City University. They're totally different institutions than they were when I took office.
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A big reason why I'm not a big TV watcher is that in my formative years as a viewer, there wasn't that much great television on, or at least, television that appealed to me.
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I am the only one in my family to graduate college. It was a proud moment for me to receive a degree.
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Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence. Somebody like me who knows it firsthand and could relate... I had a best friend killed, plenty other friends killed. I been through it. I seen it.
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I went to bed last night dreaming of tuna melts. I love food.
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I'm from New York, so I'm not a big driver.
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Fear is the dark room where the Devil develops his negatives.
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Oh, I am an angel, though sometimes I wish I was more of a devil.
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We are not the same India that the world saw in the 1970s and '80s. Hence, we have a responsibility to live up to the pedestal on which we have been put.
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That's the mark of a great storyteller, never to give away secrets in advance.
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You are about to have your first experience with a Greek lunch. I will kill you if you pretend to like it.
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We younger Negro artists who create now intend to express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame. If white people are pleased, we are glad. If they are not, it doesn't matter. We know we are beautiful. And ugly too.
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I would love a family. I'm at the age where the wish for a child gets stronger. But who knows.
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Instead of going out to dinner, buy good food. Cooking at home shows such affection. In a bad economy, it's more important to make yourself feel good.
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I kind of just stumbled into producing. It was more that I was a writer, and the only way you were going to get your songs done was to do them yourself.
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I think media people know we're good at making content and how we can be smart about how to consume it. It's always a balance.
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When I'm not in front of the camera, I'm just like any other normal person. I'm a student. I eat when I'm stressed.
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I could hum Beatles songs before I could talk - not very well, but sort of.
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The American people have a right to know the source of the money that is being spent. They should be told who is behind the millions of dollars in campaign ads, and they should receive this information before they vote.
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Many of the top-grossing movies of all time are science fiction.
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There is no finer guitarist than Kenny Burrell
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You are my wine, my joy, My garden, my springtime, My slumber, my repose, Without you, I can't cope.
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Technically, I could have said “journalist” or “writer.” However, admitting to these professions is like uttering a special secret password to Travel Hell. No one wants journalists or writers in their country because they have a habit of writing things, and sometimes these things are even true.
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The campaign was a more significant training ground than I think people give it credit for. By the time I got here, I think I had a pretty good sense of what was required. But the circumstances in which I came in were different than most executives, right? The enterprise was in the midst of a major crisis.
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I'm very proud of what we've done with the State University and the City University. They're totally different institutions than they were when I took office.
