Scott Pelley Quotes
Most people don't realize that two-thirds of the federal budget is Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and the Pentagon. The U.S. government is an insurance company with an Army.
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I learned at an early age that I was given something special when I was born, and that was the gift of music.
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The artist finds, that the more he can confine his attention to a particular part of any work, his productions are the more perfect, and grow under his hands in the greater quantities.
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I just want to be part of great stories that are told and for them to be relevant.
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Every woman should shave her head once in her life, to experience what it feels like.
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We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.
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It's those moments when everything is on the line, and someone needs to show up in a big moment. I prepare my mind and I prepare my body to be ready for those moments. And I think it's just what I do. I live for those moments.
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Male athletes don't get dropped when they father kids.
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My father was dark skinned because he was Tatar. Sometimes Tatars can look Brazilian.
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Shinsuke Nakamura is probably one of the best wrestlers I've ever been in the ring with. He's very unorthodox. Everything he does is with knockout power. He's a guy who is very flamboyant, so don't let his Michael Jackson antics fool you. This guy is deadly.
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Jack Nicklaus is the greatest winner I've ever seen.
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Aspiration, it seems, is in danger of becoming the preserve of the wealthy.
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On that show, I did country and some rock, too, whatever record I had out at the time, I'd sing that.
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I'm definitely post-something.
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The man who is always worrying about whether or not his soul would be damned generally has a soul that isn't worth a damn.
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The U.S. limits mercury, arsenic, and soot from power plants. Yet, astonishingly, there are no national limits on how much carbon pollution these plants can dump into our atmosphere.
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The number of parts that were required were just prohibitive.
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The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
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What we don't talk about enough is Ohio's unique and remarkable quality of life. We are a state of cities, small towns and growing suburbs where life is affordable and destinations within reach. There is no better place to raise a family.
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A lucky guess is never merely luck. There is always some talent in it.
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Like many Americans my thoughts and prayers are with the people of London. My deepest sympathies are extended to those who lost a loved one in the recent terror attacks.
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The origins of my career as a peace mediator can be found from my childhood years. I was born in the city of Viipuri, then still part of Finland. We lost Viipuri when the Soviet Union attacked my country. Along with 400,000 fellow Karelians, I became an eternally displaced person in the rest of Finland.
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When somebody asks me what I do, I don't think I'd say critic. I say writer.
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Most people don't realize that two-thirds of the federal budget is Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and the Pentagon. The U.S. government is an insurance company with an Army.
