Ezra Cornell Quotes
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I'm not a great fiction reader. I love history. I love history and philosophy.
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I think what is important for things to be funny is if you the listener, or the reader, get a chance to supply the humor of it yourself.
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Everybody's an artist. Everybody's God. It's just that they're inhibited.
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So much of writing isn't the fun parts like we get to discuss. It is sitting there putting the words down.
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I have been a judge for 15 years and I've made up my own mind during all that time.
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A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
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Every leading lady I work with, I'll see if I can get a song out of them and put it on an album.
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I feel super lucky to be living in New York. I love the city, I love the energy. I always loved it. I had pictures of New York in my bedroom when I was young.
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Our censorship has sort of gotten a little too far. Too much censorship is just as bad as having none at all. Children need to be exposed to things, because if they don't see it, eventually, it's not like it's not going to happen, but it's just that there needs to be a balance.
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The image of Russian troops pouring into Ukraine and encircling military units in Crimea has been a wake-up call that will reverberate for a generation.
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I'll tell you one thing: Don't ever give anybody your best advice, because they're not going to follow it.
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There was no military reason to drop atomic bombs on Japan. They were used as terrorist weapons - killing innocent people to influence other people.
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I haven't sold to the movies. In other words, I haven't gotten any enormous checks yet.
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At various times during the last four thousand years God has asserted his rights and endeavoured to establish his own authority, his own laws, and his own government among the children of men.
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Um, well, I made a new CD called 'Dream With Me' and it's out now, and I'm really excited about it.
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The more deeply connected you are with the people that you're working with, the better the work and the character, and then, I think, that really translates to life. It will help you in life to be more grounded and genuine.
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Tax cuts are like sex: When they are good, they are very, very good. And when they are bad, they are still pretty good.
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What motivated me to dedicate myself to public service for nearly two-thirds of my life was the chance to produce results for those people who entrusted me to be their voice and their champion.
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I feel that my father's greatest legacy was the people he inspired to get involved in public service and their communities, to join the Peace Corps, to go into space. And really that generation transformed this country in civil rights, social justice, the economy and everything.
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I mean, when's the last time we elected a president based on one year of service in the Senate before he started running? I mean, he will have been a senator longer by the time he's inaugurated, but essentially once you start running for president full time you don't have time to do much else.
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There were high school coaches such as Charles Boston that took me under his wing and taught me the fundamentals of football. And when I went to college there was Robert Hill who took me there and he showed me what hard work and determination would do if you put forth the effort and you take a little time.
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I want to go where I can be of the most service to the general enterprise.
