Eric Sevareid Quotes
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When the world has 1,000, 2,000, 3,000 nuclear plants, can we call that a safe world? I think we need to properly have this debate.
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Our problem is not adopting reforms, which we will do without question. It is not reaching an objective, which we will meet. But it is finding an end to the recession.
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Before the Civil War, the Negro was certainly as efficient a workman as the raw immigrant from Ireland or Germany. But, whereas the Irishmen found economic opportunity wide and daily growing wider, the Negro found public opinion determined to 'keep him in his place.'
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One cannot spend one's time in being modern when there are so many more important things to be.
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Only the winners decide what were war crimes.
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I like fearless characters, people just not afraid to do anything it takes to make people laugh.
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I'd love to do a comedy; that's the one thing I haven't done yet that I really, really want to do.
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We owe something to extravagance, for thrift and adventure seldom go hand in hand.
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I keep fit by running after my three boys all day.
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I must confess that my imagination refuses to see any sort of submarine doing anything but suffocating its crew and floundering at sea.
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When you're in the day-to-day grind, it just seems like it's another step along the way. But I find joy in the actual process, the journey, the work. It's not the end. It's not the end event.
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My job is to get to the heart of a story, to find out what's really going on; to get it verified and, then, to get it out to as many people as possible as fast as.
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I've never left music behind, but I've had success in television.
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I'm a war baby: I was brought up with rationing, and my parents always had to struggle. I remember when I was sent to boarding school - Prior Park College in Bath - my father was asked how he was going to pay the fees, and he replied: 'In arrears.'
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Royal titles ceased to be recognised by the Indian government in 1971. The title of Nawab and Maharaja are not recognised by the Indian government anymore.
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Any filmmaking, any film is a collaborative process. There's always a lot of people working on things together.
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If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.
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My actions to promote peace, the mediation missions which I carried out during many conflicts, which very often occurred between brothers of the same country, are not driven by any ulterior motives or any calculations based on personal ambitions.
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When I was younger, I avoided exercise or anything strenuous. I didn't even enjoy walking. As I got older, I spent so much time marking books or sitting at a desk writing that there was no room for exercise - not that I would have bothered anyway.
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A bird makes the same use of wings and tail in the air as a swimmer does of his arms and legs in the water.
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In a recent interview, Michelle Obama said that the Secret Service taught Malia how to drive. In exchange, Malia taught the Secret Service how to throw a party when her parents are away.
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I love doing theater. That's where my home is.
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I'm sort of a pessimist about tomorrow and an optimist about the day after tomorrow.
