Ali Velshi Quotes
I am very careful not to wantonly encourage people to join my industry, or to aspire to work in TV. I am certain that, generally speaking, the wage pressure in the television news industry is downward.
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Whatever our creed, we stand with admiration before the sublime character of Jesus.
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The great opportunity belongs to him who can see it, to him who can grasp it. The better part of your chance is right inside of you.
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Early in my investment-banking career, I realized I was on a path that others had set out for me.
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I am a contradiction myself. I'm always looking for something that scares me because when I'm not scared, I'm not stimulated.
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Orthodox Christianity, by playing upon the emotions of man, is able to accomplish wonders toward keeping him in order and relieving his mind. It can frighten or cajole him away from evil more effectively than could reason.
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I get to meet different directors and different people.
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My daughter is, of course, perfect. Everyone's child is, but mine really is perfect. But I could not have raised her without my parents. From the time she was seven months until now, I have been a single parent.
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I do listen to Abba. And a lot of '80s and '90s pop music.
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I have a hot memory, but I know I've forgotten many things, too, just squashed things in favor of survival.
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I'm a television junkie.
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I think the most important thing journalism taught me is to mine for details. The details are key. You can't try to be funny or strange or poignant; you have to let the details be funny or strange or poignant for you.
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Certain struggles never end.
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Rightly or wrongly, the Victorian considered that there were certain subjects which were not meet for inter-sexual discussion, just as they held that certain processes of the feminine toilet, like the powdering of the nose and the application of lipstick to the mouth, were (if done at all) better done in private.
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It will take a long time, and certainly the West will remain the dominant civilization well into the next century, but the decline is occurring.
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You're supposed to be using your gifts and fulfilling your dreams, at every age.
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Most modern calendars mar the sweet simplicity of our lives by reminding us that each day that passes is the anniversary of some perfectly uninteresting event.
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Nine times out of 10 when people do a tribute album or tribute songs for somebody, it's what I call 'white boys playing reggae'. They know they can't, we know they can't, so they sing like they can't and play like they can't. They gently make fun of the idiom or sing in a false accent.
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I want to work with anyone who's passionate about telling a story. I obviously have a list of people I really love, but it's a really long list.
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Tapas is one of the world's most civilised drinking and eating traditions.
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The thing is most people are afraid to step out, to take a chance beyond their established identity.
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I never try to follow a trend or fashion.
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The superior man is easy to serve, but difficult to please ... The inferior man is difficult to serve, but easy to please.
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I am very careful not to wantonly encourage people to join my industry, or to aspire to work in TV. I am certain that, generally speaking, the wage pressure in the television news industry is downward.
