Scott Pelley Quotes
You have to take risks on policy. You can't be a politician, wringing your hands, worried about what the public opinion polls are saying or worried about the negative attacks. If you believe in something, go fight for it.
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I wanted to be a director and producer and writer, but in the early '40's the union wouldn't let you get through the gates. You couldn't get on a crew, or even learn to direct.
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I find skydiving really hard. I broke my back while skydiving when I was in the military, and for 18 months all my nightmares were about falling.
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The sun and its retinue of planets drift as a group through the vast gulfs of space that separate the stars.
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I still sing every day - in the shower or on the set all day. I'm sure everyone will tell you that I never shut up. But it's not in the capacity that I would like to.
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No Arab ruler will consider the peace process seriously so long as he is able to toy with the idea of achieving more by the way of violence.
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By the time you're 30, you know who you are inside. You learn to laugh at things you can't change; you learn to be yourself.
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Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.
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I have always been a movie buff and had no interest in any games and sports. I do not even watch cricket, which is one of the favourite games of most of my friends. However, I have become a wrestling fan after 'Dangal.'
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A lie will gallop halfway round the world before the truth has time to pull its breeches on.
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But do you know what struck me, apart from Nancy’s vibrant self-pity, which she had the nerve to pretend was grief?
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Snapchat's the place where people are hearing and learning about culture.
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We want to answer this classical question, who am I? So I think that most of our works are for art, or whatever we do, including science or religion, tried to answer that question.
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My experience over my five years at Wisconsin and my one year in the NFL was that there were times where I couldn't play the game safely. There are positive measures we can take... but on a lead play, on a power play, there's violence.
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Life's supposed to be an adventure, a surprise!
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The Germans and I no longer speak the same language.
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It's a perfect wave when small and the most beautiful and scary wave on Earth when it's big, as the swell from deep water hits the shallow reef ledge. A ten-foot high wave and a 30-footer break in the same depth of water.
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I'd rather be good than lucky.
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The test of a belief is not exclusively in the belief itself, but also in the intentions and actions of those who embrace it.
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I'm more conservative with make-up. My everyday look is a bit of concealer with lots and lots of mascara.
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Someone once said that you can make the choice between getting old and getting creepy, and I think getting old is the way to go.
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My experience has confirmed the wisdom of so much of what the Bible teaches.
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I was introduced to cannabis when I was 16. I realized the similarity to the mystical experiences I'd had - the enhancing of senses, the way it made thought more interesting. In 1965, before it became illegal, I was introduced to LSD. I thought it was extraordinary.
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What motivates me is connecting with people and making everybody feel loved.
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You have to take risks on policy. You can't be a politician, wringing your hands, worried about what the public opinion polls are saying or worried about the negative attacks. If you believe in something, go fight for it.
