Scott Pelley Quotes
Democracies succeed or fail based on their journalism. America is strong because its journalism is strong. That is how democracies work. They're only as good as the quality of the information that the public possesses and that is where we come in.
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The modern economy is becoming a place where women hold the cards.
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You can't judge your characters or otherwise; it's not about you, it's about them.
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Kai-Fu's Innovation Works is the top very-early-stage fund in China. We are proud to be an investor, and hope that IW will help to produce in China companies on the scale of Facebook, Zynga, or Groupon.
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In the 1990s, it's OK to do comedy about the Chernobyl disaster or the Space Shuttle blowing up. It's acceptable to ridicule the Pope or the President of the United States, but God forbid you do a joke... about gays. The gay community is the last sacred cow in this society.
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French fries. I love them. Some people are chocolate and sweets people. I love French fries. That and caviar.
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I'm on 'Dancing with the Stars' because I want to prove my sister wrong. My sister literally told the world that I could not dance, so I have to redeem myself.
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I don't really approach a character as to whether or not it's good or bad. I just approach a character as to where it lives in me.
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I found L.A. much less responsive to the name Juilliard than New York was. In New York, that name actually means something. People will look up from their desks when you walk in. In L.A. it's, 'Oh yeah, that's a music school. What do you play?'
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We need money. We need hits. Hits bring money, money bring power, power bring fame, fame change the game.
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I can only try to keep the characters interesting; it's up to the readers to decide whether they're still relevant.
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People think your success is just a matter of having a pretty face. But it's easy to be chewed up and spat out. You've got to stay ahead of the game to be able to stay in it.
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You might not trust me. Please give me a chance and time. I will prove myself for all of you.
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You fall for who the chemistry is with.
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If there's no place in the universe for a man to resist the thieves of freedom and still be called a good man, then I don't think there is any good or evil in the universe.
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In men this blunder still you find,-All think their little set mankind.
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For those of you who tried, but didn't make it, Settle down - it's never what you think. The summit doesn't differ from the deep, dark valley, And the valley doesn't differ from the kitchen sink.
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Il y a toujours quelque chose d’absent qui me tourmente.
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But please remember, especially in these times of group-think and the right-on chorus, that no person is your friend (or kin) who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow and be perceived as fully blossomed as you were intended.
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I love to visit the comic shops, and I don't want to call myself a 'foodie,' because that word is just stupid, but I love diner food, and I'm a hardcore fan of 'Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.'
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True independence is not a gift to be received. It can't be a hand-out to people. It must be an achievement by the people.
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Loneliness is the most compelling force in the universe.
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I view the work I've done related to statistics and economics as, roughly speaking, how to do something without having to do everything.
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I look back at my elementary or high school pictures and I always had gel in my hair and a gold chain that I would wear outside my shirt. That's how I was born and raised as an Italian male, and I always considered myself a Guido, anyway.
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Democracies succeed or fail based on their journalism. America is strong because its journalism is strong. That is how democracies work. They're only as good as the quality of the information that the public possesses and that is where we come in.
