Ted Koppel Quotes
People shouldn't expect the mass media to do investigative stories. That job belongs to the 'fringe' media.
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Cuba needs a dose of perestroika.
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I smoke, isn't that terrible?
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When I was in school, there was no such thing as girls' athletics.
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What I'm still grappling with and learning how to do is to be looking and thinking cinematically, having come from television.
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The first complaint we hear from everyone is: 'Why would I want to join this stupid useless thing and know what my brother's eating for lunch?' But that really misses the point because Twitter is fundamentally recipient-controlled - you choose to listen and you choose to leave. But you also choose what to put down and what to share.
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Sufis teach that we first must battle and destroy the evil within ourselves by shining upon it the good within, and then we learn to battle the evil in others by helping their higher selves gain control of their lower selves.
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There's nothing called a perfect pick-up line. Men always have to face the risk of rejection.
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When men are romantically interested in you, it's really simple. Just ignore everything they say and only pay attention to what they do.
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Anybody that's been in an election, you're always looking to get the upper hand.
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Every man I meet is in some way my superior.
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Millions of people gave their lives fighting fascism and imperialism, but Pearl Harbor was the event that forever changed the course of human history.
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Opera was the cinema of its time, so to bring back that popular appeal, you just need to unleash its visceral immediacy and excitement. Most productions don't manage that - but when an opera does do it, you never forget it.
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The reality about being economically dependent on someone else usually doesn't work out for women in the end. It's about being an adult and being responsible for your life. Most women have to work, so let's just get on with it.
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A poet who is a bad man is a degraded being, baser and more culpable than a bad man who is not a poet.
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For me, with music, there is no half-stepping. This is my calling.
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Writing is just very difficult. I'm an adequate performer. And I think I have a special talent as an editor. Editing is what I do best.
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I still love physical product. I still hold out for actual CDs, because in radio, everyone just wants to send you a file to play.
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What we need is an electronic encyclopedia of life, with one page for each species. On each page is given everything known about that species.
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I'll do anything. I'll shave my head for the right job. I'm partial to my facial hair, I guess, but I also enjoy doing something where I look totally different, which is kind of the reason why I've always worn long hair. I can really change my look radically by getting rid of it.
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To measure prices by a currency that is called by the same names as gold, but that is really inferior in value to gold, and then - because those prices are nominally higher than gold prices - to say that they are inflated, relatively to gold, is a perfect absurdity.
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This is a perverse thing, personally, but I would rather be in the cycle where people are underestimating us. It gives us latitude to go out and make big bets that excite and amaze people.
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People think about the world of TV and the world of online video as being different ways to distribute video. But what happens when every TV is connected to wi-fi with a browser?
Chad Hurley -
We are constantly reminding them that they are in a competition. I had a word with all my contestants and I know Kelly Rowland had a word with hers. It's reality check time.
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People shouldn't expect the mass media to do investigative stories. That job belongs to the 'fringe' media.
