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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It's sort of like, our bodies are designed to keep moving, and when we don't move it, we're not going to feel great.
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We've shown a willingness to do the right thing, and we've shown a willingness to work in a bipartisan fashion. The problems are on the Republican side.
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I was able to see faith as more than just a comfort to the weary or a hedge against death; rather, it was an active, palpable agent in the world.
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For me, personally, I grew up watching American heroes and American movies and TV.
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McWorld is a product of popular culture driven by expansionist commerce. Its template is American, its form style. Its goods are as much images as matériel, an aesthetic as well as a product line. It is about culture as commodity, apparel as ideology. Its symbols are Harley-Davidson motorcycles and Cadillac motorcars hoisted from the roadways, where they once represented a mode of transportation, to the marquees of global market cafés like Harley-Davidson's and the Hard Rock where they become icons of lifestyle.
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The most distinguished hallmark of the American society is and always has been change.
