Al Michaels Quotes
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A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.
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I prefer drama; I think character-driven drama is my favorite kind of stuff to go watch, and I like being challenged by that kind of stuff in that way.
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America's victory in the Cold War was not without painful social costs.
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Being mean just for being mean's sake isn't funny.
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Sleep is the best meditation.
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Jobs mean freedom for workers to support their families.
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If Youku had adopted YouTube's business model, we just would not be here. We would not exist.
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As an actor, you have to give up all control to the director. He's the boss and has all the power. I'm a control freak, so that's really hard for me. Then when you see a film later, it can be infuriating, really disappointing. I've been very lucky, though, and so many of my early experiences were great.
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The spectacle of a great, solvent government paying a fictitious price for gold it did not want and did not need and doing it on purpose to debase the value of its own paper currency was one to astonish the world.
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If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the lack of sleep.
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I made a clean version of 'Enter the Ninja' that my mom can listen to.
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In today's world, social media, people get judged so much by the last thing that happened, I almost feel, in a way, young people get to see that not only is it OK to fail - that's the way you get to championship success, whether it's sports or business or life.
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Just being in the gym every day with someone with goals in common is special.
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The bust of Colonel Sanders stands as a monument to cruelty and has no place in the Kentucky state Capitol.
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I definitely want to teach my daughter Spanish.
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I want poverty to end in tomorrow's Pakistan. I want every girl in Pakistan to go to school.
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I'm like a rock singer with one-night stands on the road.
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Moviemakers are rewarded with tax write-offs if, when seeking a location that looks like America, they seek it in America.
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In our system of government, the president is not supposed to be above the law. He is not a king; his word is not the law.
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Books do pretend ...but squeezed in between is even more that is true—without what you may call the lies, the pages would be too light for the truth, you see?
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I have always considered the price of perfection prohibitive and allowed mistakes as a part of the learning process. I prefer a dash of daring and persistence to perfection. I have always supported learning on the part of my team members by paying vigilant attention to each of their attempts, be they successful or unsuccessful.
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And I don't like having my picture taken. I'm almost like an old African in that sense. I think it steals a bit of the soul.
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The Miami Dolphins have to be taken seriously. Here's a team that seems to be jelling.
