Eric Sevareid Quotes
The most distinguished hallmark of the American society is and always has been change.
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When I was prepping for my Broadway debut as Romeo, it really hit me that I had never done that. I had trained at drama school for three years in my late teens to early 20s, and I'd studied Shakespeare, of course, but I hadn't actually performed it. So to do something like Romeo for my first Broadway role was a challenge.
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Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
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I've always wanted to be someone with credibility, and I want my food to speak for myself.
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Every historian with professional standards speaks or writes what he believes to be true.
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My reading and drawing drew me away from the ordinary interests, and I lived a great deal in the world of imagination, feeding upon any book that fell into my hands. When I had got hold of a really thick book like Hugo's 'Les Miserables,' I was happy and would go off into a corner to devour it.
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Thirty was so strange for me. I've really had to come to terms with the fact that I am now a walking and talking adult.
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When I chased after money, I never had enough. When I got my life on purpose and focused on giving of myself and everything that arrived into my life, then I was prosperous.
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I ran the Iditarod twice. I finished once. I came in 42nd or 43rd place out of 70 plus teams the first time, and I scratched 80 miles from Nome the second time. You can read about my experience in the race in my books 'Woodsong' and 'Winterdance.'
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I didn't want to do something typical.
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'Transformers' was important and defining for me because it taught me about what kinds of movies I want to make and the kind of actor I want to be, and I have a long way to go before I become that actor.
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A healthy environment is essential to a livable Oregon and a strong economy.
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Globalization is exposing new fault lines - between urban and rural communities, for example.
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The secret of happiness is to find a congenial monotony.
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Sometimes I read a really good script, and I just know that it's not a good fit.
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Broadway is a main artery of New York life - the hardened artery.
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Involvement in the arts engages kids in their community, improves self-esteem, reclaims at-risk youth, and builds the creative skills that are required of a 21st century workforce.
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I was always writing the books that I wanted to write, books that demanded to be written at the time. But, like most writers, you start off feeling your way.
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I randomly went to a casting session in my hometown in North Carolina, and the casting director introduced me to my manager. I really lucked into it!
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What is the world at its best but a little round field of the moving pictures with two walking together in it?
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Winning 'American Idol' is awesome.
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I am called a dog because I fawn on those who give me anything, I yelp at those who refuse, and I set my teeth in rascals.
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Most of your God concepts deal with a static God, and here is one of your main theological difficulties. The awareness and inner experience of this gestalt constantly changes and grows. There is no static God. When you say, 'This is God,' then God is already something else.
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Everything that I do, everything that I say is magnified. I didn't think it was going to get out of hand like this.
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The most distinguished hallmark of the American society is and always has been change.
