Bill Press Quotes
And, most disappointing of all, Obama turned out to be a cautious, hesitant, almost timid chief executive, not the dynamic, bold, fearless leader we were all counting on.
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My idols are Janis Joplin and Annie Lennox, who are neither of them from the typical pop culture.
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Fiction is optimistic or unrealistic enough to demand that there should be a meaningful narrative.
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I like talking to priests, to Catholics. Everyone has their beliefs.
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Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking.
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Personally, of course it's exasperating when people think you're just swanning around in Europe, going to the occasional fashion show and then being glamorous at a party.
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Maybe it's a little depressing to think that my vision of a perfect world is actually so messed up, but I think it means that I don't really understand what 'perfect' is.
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The focus of Congress is on keeping the nation secure - and it doesn't see that food security is an essential part of that responsibility. Instead of putting more food on the tables of America, they are busy finding ways to take it away.
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No war is inevitable until it breaks out.
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I do cardio, but I don't like it as much. I'd rather do weights.
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Do I think Vince McMahon was looking at my matches in Japan going, 'We need him?' No. He wasn't. He's too busy. There's no way. But somebody may have been looking and going, 'All right, I like this guy. Let's give him a shot.'
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He wasn't directing it, of course, so I didn't work with Hitchcock.
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I don't date my girlfriend because she's a model. I date her because I love her.
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Whether people choose to have same sex relationships or relationships outside the marriage - whatever happens between two consenting adults should be purely their business, not the state's or the society's.
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I tell young people who ask me about a future in writing not to go into it unless they get married to someone rich.
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The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it.
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I think in any profession, in general, you always imagine yourself at the top of it. And I'm not trying to say I'm at the top of my profession, but I've seen what the top people do and what the top people live like. And that's definitely something I want to be a part of.
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Justice is one of the core elements towards reconciliation and sustainable peace.
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I enjoy 'Supermarket Sweep' because of its adlib demands in following the fast action.
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I am prepared to admit that when it comes to dealing with the House and Senate leaders, Obama is terrible. But he's great with the public. Which hates the House and Senate as much as he does.
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You can try reading books that will help you be a leader, like Marshall Rosenberg and Thich Nhat Hanh. Be very humble and say, "I don't know why. I don't feel qualified, but I accept this role that you gave me, and so help me."
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I put in work for my neighborhood. Hundreds of bills, measures, budget items, and hearings. I always tried to make it a point to stay late, to always run the longest hearings, to carry nearly the most bills. The tragedy was that of the 18 years I was in Sacramento, 16 years were under Republican governors.
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For me, it's all about smaller character-driven pieces, about finding a person that I connect with and that I'm interested in bringing to life.
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Only the Lord knows how many children lose heart because their fathers have hard days.
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And, most disappointing of all, Obama turned out to be a cautious, hesitant, almost timid chief executive, not the dynamic, bold, fearless leader we were all counting on.
