George Stephanopoulos Quotes
In politics, every year in the White House is like dog years, it takes off seven years of your life.
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Is it not by love alone that we succeed in penetrating to the very essence of being?
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My problem was my inability to spend much time at home. I thought my family was secure, so I went running around everyplace else. I guess I had more of an effect on other people's kids than I did my own.
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If you compare me to an actor, I'm probably one of the best boxers in the profession. But if you compare me as a boxer, I'm probably one of the best actors.
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The best piece of advice that my mother gave me is to never have a plan B. She told me to stick to plan A because if you have a plan B you will inevitably fall back on it.
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There's going to be a picture of 'Mama' on my obit.
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Art historians agree that Da Vinci's paintings contain hidden levels of meaning that go well beneath the surface of the paint. Many scholars believe his work intentionally provides clues to a powerful secret... a secret that remains protected to this day by a clandestine brotherhood of which Da Vinci was a member.
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I believe in holiness and sacredness in other people. It doesn't mean that the clouds part and I see God. That's a juvenile way of thinking about it.
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Public hangings are teaching moments. Every company has to do it. A teaching moment is worth a thousand CEO speeches. CEOs can talk and blab each day about culture, but the employees all know who the jerks are. They could name the jerks for you. It's just cultural. People just don't want to do it.
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It's constantly fascinating for me that something that feels absolutely right one year, 12 months later feels like the wrong thing to do.
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As long as a member state is a member state, there are no negotiations bilaterally on any trade agreement with third parties.
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It's believing you can push through the exhaustion just to be able to sing after you do a cartwheel or a split.
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I did stand-up comedy for seventeen years. I need to explore other things.
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Protein was the most valued ingredient 250 years ago: It was the rarest thing. Now the rarest thing we have is time: time to cook and time to eat.
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I have never refused to talk to any authorities or give them any information I had.
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The fact is that democracy anywhere in the world, including in the United States, is not something that comes easy. And yet, we are committed to it, and equality and democracy are the only ways in the long run that Jews will be safe in the Middle East.
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I write about heartbreak because I like writing about sad things, but I'm writing happy songs, too!
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I love inventing names, but I also collect unusual names, so that I can look through my notebook and choose one that suits a new character.
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Gail didn't want me commenting on the opinion pages. I was hired by the news department and, despite the rabid assertions of the Times' enemies and detractors, the two really have nothing to do with each other.
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Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person.
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I love the exploration of someone who has such a different background from you. That exploration runs to compassion and to cracking yourself open and creating more understanding of how weird and amazing life is.
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Once you get a reputation for emotional volatility, it can take years of model behavior to change how others see you.
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If you lack technique you lose the freedom to create.
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In politics, every year in the White House is like dog years, it takes off seven years of your life.
