Jack Valenti Quotes
If movies are causing moral decay, then crime ought to be going up, but crime is going down.
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Scores of armed antigovernment groups, some of them far more radical, have formed or been revived during the Obama years, according to law-enforcement agencies and outside watchdogs.
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Oh wow, you know what's wrong with all these families on TV? All these kids say stuff no kid would say. Stuff grown-ups want them to say. Man, I'd make a really realistic family. Where kids get spankings. On TV parents say, 'Oh, you shouldn't do that ever again. Now you can have ice cream.' Forget it.
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Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.
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I didn't follow big box office ideas. That eventually led me to witches. It's led me to find interesting roles.
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As patients and consumers, we are better informed today about our health care than any previous generation.
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I like bangers and really testosterone-fueled stuff.
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As of 2002, two million Latino adults had been diagnosed with diabetes.
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I do not play golf regularly, but I feel that hitting the moving ball in cricket is tougher than hitting a stationary ball as in golf, which requires more concentration and steady hands.
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Things said by political parties are different from the decisions of the government which are taken to uphold the rule of law. The government takes decisions that are best for the country.
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The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.
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You lose the speed before the stamina.
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I am grateful that as a reporter and as an anchor, people have allowed me to share their stories.
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Dear sisters and brothers, we realize the importance of light when we see darkness.
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I feel blessed to be having a really easy pregnancy.
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In a weird way, I'm always going to ground myself. I'm an insecure kind of pessimist, but I'm always kind of waiting for the other shoe to drop.
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When you're young you don't think, 'This person is going to change your life.' But when you start recording your own songs, it comes back and reminds you.
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We're so marinated in the culture of speed that we almost fail to notice the toll it takes on every aspect of our lives - on our health, our diet, our work, our relationships, the environment and our community.
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At the end of the day, teachers aren't going to mess about trying to make me into an Einstein, 'cause it was never gonna happen. We can't all be brainy, can we? That's just the way the world is.
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We just got whipped from the beginning of the game to the end. They were making shots, they executed well both offensively and defensively. They just played real well tonight.
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I grew up in youth programs in Chicago, so they are definitely close to my heart. It is all about helping kids and giving back to a sport that has given me so much.
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My grandad was a miner. My father, brother, and uncles all work in industry.
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When I was younger, I talked to the adults around me that I respected most about how they got where they were, and none of them plotted a course they could have predicted, so it seemed a waste of time to plan too long-term. Since then, I've always gone on my instincts.
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I'm the kind of person who has to totally commit to whatever I do.
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If movies are causing moral decay, then crime ought to be going up, but crime is going down.
