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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I think a strong dollar is the result of policies, but I don't think the strong dollar is in and of itself a policy.
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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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Sir, I see a lot of documents in my day-to-day business, and I can't tell you every document that I've seen. It may have passed across my desk. It may not have passed across my desk. I truthfully cannot answer that question, other than to say I don't remember.
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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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Living in this world, under the dominance of the ego mind, is difficult. That's the struggle.
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My father is a Marine. My brother is a Marine. I almost became a Marine. I'm no stranger to fight training. I used to do jujitsu and boxing as a kid. I was a running back in football for my high school and my college. I played ice hockey as well as did theater. So, there's always been a physical nature to me.
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I don't like the idea the viewer can kind of sit there and go, 'Make me like this person.' People aren't inherently sympathetic.
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Writers aren’t people exactly. Or, if they’re any good, they’re a whole lot of people trying so hard to be one person.
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I started collecting baseball cards and basketball cards when I was younger. I have a CD collection that turned into a DVD collection, and I have a Jordan shoe collection. And I don't drink, but I have a wine collection. I just started a sweatshirt collection. Every city that I'm in, I buy a sweatshirt. It's just something that I do.
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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.
