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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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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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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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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Fitness starts at home. What you eat is what you will look, just as what you sow is what you reap. Eat good food: eat fruits, vegetables, healthy grains, and don't go for sweet and trite food.
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Have all the hopes of ages come to naught? Is life no more with noble meaning fraught?
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Suppose your father... walked into this room at the ordinary human pace of walking. And suppose just behind him was his father. How long would we have to wait before the ancestor who enters the now-open door is a creature who normally walked on all fours? The answer is a week.
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All difficulties are easy when they are known.
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But I suppose there's a lot to see everywhere, if only you keep your eyes open.
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The physical DNA has always been part of our family. My dad was a good boxer and gymnast; my mum is a ballroom dancer, and my brother does martial arts.
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Venice is the prettiest city I've ever seen. It looks like a Disneyland ride.
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I'm sort of a pessimist about tomorrow and an optimist about the day after tomorrow.
