Mike Greenberg Quotes
It was the first thing I learned when I started. An old boss said to me, 'Your job is to reflect interest, not to create it.' And what I've taken from that is, if you're not talking about things people are interested in, then they're going to find someone who is. It's not any more complicated than that. But if you forget it, you won't have a show for very long.
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I didn't care what, how much adversity life threw at me. I intended to get to the top.
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Wine and women do not go with song. Alcohol is the worst enemy of the imagination.
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It always annoys me when stars grumble about fans coming up to them in the street. I love it. These young stars today with all their airs and graces, they need to remember it is an honour and a privilege to make money from acting. How hard is it?
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The good news is that real-world hands-on conservation is alive and well and catching on across the America I travel.
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I was always more interested in story songs, things with a point of view... and things that informed me.
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I'm vain enough to think that I've made a successful life. I've had everything I've ever wanted. You can't beat that.
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You'll never see me with a precision flick of eyeliner. Messy eyeliner became my thing by accident rather than design. If you can't get it straight, then just work it in around your eyes.
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God guided me to America and gave me a good job. But he also gave me a heart so I would look back.
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You don't want to get stuck with a record that you've done with someone that you feel obligated to put out - that's not really dope, just because you made an effort to get together and work.
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You get rid of the fear of death by understanding that it is an integral fact of our existence. You do that through will and reason.
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Everybody is struggling for the good things of the world, and all the arguments to prove that they are not desirable are worse than wasted.
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People who worry about their hair all the time, frankly, are boring.
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Despotism is the only form of government which may with safety to itself, neglect the education of its infant poor.
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Once you get into a feature, whether it's a sequel or an original one, you have to start all over again, and you're creating a world, creating new characters. You're also tracking emotions. You're trying to create emotion and create a character that you can fall in love with for two hours.
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Responsibility educates.
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Stronger families. Stronger communities. A stronger America. It is this kind of prosperity - broad, shared, built on a thriving middle class - that has always been the source of our progress at home. It’s also the foundation of our power and influence throughout the world.
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Not all civil servants admire strong political leadership. But if you want to change things for the better you need strong political leadership.
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Principle #1: Avoid dangerous people and dangerous places.Principle #2: Do not defend your property.Principle #3: Respond immediately and escape.
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Actually criminal sanctions that are given could be up to five years for violating the rules and regulations under the campaign finance reform. This is like the Alien and Sedition Act of years and years ago, decades ago.
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I know I'm old-fashioned, but there's just something about the act of looking at books versus taking in information on a screen, which is so one-dimensional. There's a sense of ownership that you have with books, a physical connection.
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Impatient people, according to Bacon, are like the bees, and kill themselves in stinging others.
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I've passed on a lot of huge-money jobs. Money doesn't enter into the decision-making. If I do a big blockbuster, it's about how big an audience you'll get and where you can take them.
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The will to challenge myself is strong, but I think that's growing, the desire to stretch myself and make it hard.
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It was the first thing I learned when I started. An old boss said to me, 'Your job is to reflect interest, not to create it.' And what I've taken from that is, if you're not talking about things people are interested in, then they're going to find someone who is. It's not any more complicated than that. But if you forget it, you won't have a show for very long.
