Eric Sevareid Quotes
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Broadway is really my life.
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One can never know enough. The unknown and its call lies even in what we know.
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There's nothing wrong with constructive criticism, and I learn from that and better myself. I'm not expecting anyone to be sycophantic in any way; I never expected that.
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Look at Inuit clothing. Their stuff still works better than Cabela's. I've made my own parkas, mukluks, footgear, and it is good to 60 degrees below zero. All I did was copy the patterns that came down from the Inuits.
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Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
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You know, as any parent will say, you know, life happens.
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Twenty percent of students in Israel's schools are haredim; another 20% are retired; another 20% are Arab. I have no problem with any of them.
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If I focus on being an activist and my job is to be a rapper, I'm not going to be as good of a rapper. I need to focus on hip-hop and focus on making the music, so that when the activists come to me and they need my voice to create a platform, then I've got enough people listening to me. Not because I'm conscious, but because I'm dope.
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I don't think there's anything worse than your parents being alive and telling you to go give them some money and just act like they're dead.
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Apparently, I'm very good at firing a gun without blinking, which is unusual. That's why so many action characters have to wear sunglasses during shoot-out scenes. That's my party trick.
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I love the folk-rock of the Seventies and the pop of the Eighties.
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I'm like every other woman: a closet full of clothes, but nothing to wear: So I wear jeans.
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I'm looking at doing things that challenge me.
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For me, growing up in a ridiculously poor family living in dead-end neighborhoods, Superman was a deeply personal icon, one that said you can do anything if you put your mind to it. What he stood for formed the core of who I wanted to be as I grew up, and informed how I view the world and my responsibilities to other people.
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Violence is one of the most fun things to watch.
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When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters.
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Once I feel I'm right, I have enjoyed provoking.
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With my childhood, it's a wonder I'm not psychotic. I was the little Jewish boy in the non-Jewish neighborhood. It was a little like being the first Negro enrolled in the all-white school. I grew up in libraries and among books, without friends.
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During the day, I'm constantly reapplying hand cream. My grandma used to do it all the time, so maybe I got it from her.
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The people will come to their own at last,-God is not mocked forever.
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The Harlem of my books was never meant to be real; I never called it real; I just wanted to take it away from the white man if only in my books.
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I can let the team do the talking for me.
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Men want power in order to do something. Boys want power in order to be something.
