Walter Cronkite Quotes
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There is sometimes a tendency to assume that everyone in this great country has adequate housing. But when you go to certain places, certain neighborhoods, both urban and rural, you find out that's not the case, and I think we have to do much more.
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We confuse activity with progress, and that's always dangerous, especially in war.
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Cricket has become more popular, not me... When the game grows, those who've played it also 'grow.'
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When people arrive at El Bulli, everybody goes through the kitchen. It's a way of making them feel at home. When they leave, the only thing I ask is whether they've been happy. Everything in between, I don't particularly care.
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I discovered what it meant to 'live for Christ,' and that it honestly was something I wanted to do. The facts were there, and I could sense the Holy Spirit at work.
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Search others for their virtue, and yourself for your vices.
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I was excited when King's College announced a scholarship for students who are in developing countries.
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How people are around a director, it really does affect everything, every detail of the life of the movie.
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Maxim for life: You get treated in life the way you teach people to treat you.
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I was too prissy, too refined, too abstemious, too French to be a good American writer.
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The transparency of a metaphor displays the glint of truth. But if a metaphor is taken for a reality, it then becomes dense and masks the truth it is meant to display.
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To the extent that the judicial profession becomes the daily routine of deciding cases on the most secure precedents and the narrowest grounds available, the judicial mind atrophies and its perspective shrinks.
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While the Forbes Council does offer some benefits and opportunities for members, the Council may want to be careful going forward to avoid the many pitfalls that befell Trump University.
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When I come to a design decision, people know that is that.
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I learned that when you stand up for what you believe in, you'll get a lot of support. But there are always going to be negative things said about you.
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It's important to study and understand your responsibilities within any profession, but it's particularly important for military officers to read, think, discuss, and write about the problem of war and warfare so they can understand not just the changes in the character of warfare but also the continuities.
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I think Little League is wonderful. It keeps the kids out of the house.
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The fastest way for a politician to become an elder statesman is to lose an election.
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Lillian Gish thought that there should be a cabinet position for the arts and I think she was right. I think she was right.
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Had there not been a Mary Todd, there would not have been an Abraham Lincoln. She found him when he was a young lawyer and really a bumpkin. No one knew of him, but she recognized his brilliance.
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Intellectual Ventures is a company that invests in invention.
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My love, growing up on the Prairies, was country music.
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I think my body went through a lot, went through the wringer. In terms of being inside the ring, getting hit, but also outside the ring, living a crazy life.
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It's always hard, after you've been in command, to take a lesser role.
