Lou Holtz Quotes
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It is easy to remove the mind from harping on the lost illusion of immortality. The disciplined intellect fears nothing and craves no sugar-plum at the day's end, but is content to accept life and serve society as best it may.
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There are really two kinds of optimism. There's the complacent, Pollyanna optimism that says, 'Don't worry - everything will be just fine,' and that allows one to just lay back and do nothing about the problems around you. Then there's what we call dynamic optimism. That's an optimism based on action.
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Almost all the early Christian Fathers were opposed to the death penalty, even though it was of course standard practice across the ancient world.
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For mascara, I'll just use whatever I have in my bag. I'll use anything. I feel like, from drugstores to a Saks, they are all the same to me.
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Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.
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I could live very quietly, do advertising to earn money.
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Fiction is optimistic or unrealistic enough to demand that there should be a meaningful narrative.
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Seeing a catering truck feels like home.
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Coney Island was the centre of the world for me. I loved the rides, the hot dogs - I've never gotten over it.
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Unless you work for '60 Minutes', your life is: You do stories about things, and nothing happens as a result.
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When you're shooting a TV show, there's not a lot of time to build character.
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One thing I've done is surround myself with people who are as good as me or better.
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When the word 'morality' comes up in connection with economics, income distribution and financial stability are usually the issues. Is it moral for rich countries to use such a high proportion of the world's resources or for investment bankers to earn large bonuses?
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Disneyland is a work of love. We didn't go into Disneyland just with the idea of making money.
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For me, religious festivals and celebrations have become an important way to teach my children about how we can transform living with diversity from the superficial 'I eat ethnic food', to something dignified, mutually respectful and worthwhile.
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I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
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A P2P business is a company that creates a platform which allows individuals or 'peers' to directly buy and sell from each other. This activity has sometimes been called the 'sharing economy.' Some are wary of these new companies and the challenge they pose to the established market.
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I have disassociated myself from that book.
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I am damn good. I am doing all this for Egypt and nothing else. I reject 70 per cent of media interviews while these people who accuse me are running after them.
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Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.
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I have been traveling to every corner of the great state of Florida. I've met some great people and we've had an honest discussion about the failures of Washington.
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Coaching is nothing more than eliminating mistakes before you get fired.
