Charles Edison Quotes
I want to make this perfectly clear: you can be sure that I will never be a yes-man except to my own conscience.
Quotes to Explore
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I watched a lot of soap operas like 'General Hospital' and 'Days Of Our Lives.' When it came to movies, my parents were quite strict. They would watch 'Flash Dance' but wouldn't let us see the whole film because Jennifer Beals' character was a stripper. It was so funny when I finally saw the whole film. I thought she was a ballerina!
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I know that when I get stressed, I want to eat junk food. So now I just know - 'I'm stressed, I want to eat junk food, so I'm going to go work out instead, or eat something healthy.' It really works.
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The loss of life will be irreplaceable.
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Prostitution presents a moral, economic and social problem that cannot be resolved juridically.
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Television is more of a business. You can't take as many risks, because there's so many channels now, and the advertising's dropping.
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We are not merely passive pawns of historical forces; nor are we victims of the past. We can shape and direct history.
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The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.
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Certain subjects may no longer be taboo in cinema. But there are ways to treat them that still create shock.
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'Power Play' is a morality tale for our post-Enron world and - not incidentally - wildly entertaining. Nothing wrong with that.
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I don't work out as much as I should, but I do believe that it's a healthy mind as well as a healthy body that keeps me fit, sound and calm.
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This scepticism is the same scepticism I heard a generation ago in the USSR when few thought that a democratic transformation behind the iron curtain was possible.
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The kind of thing I'm good at is knowing every politician in the state and remembering where he itches. And I know where to scratch him.
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Your most precious, valued possessions and your greatest powers are invisible and intangible. No one can take them. You, and you alone, can give them. You will receive abundance for your giving.
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I thrive with fashion and shopping and imports and things like that. It gives me a rush. I love Barneys New York and Neiman Marcus and all the top-of-the-line houses.
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Bro, how are you going to tap on the neck, on the choke? Go to sleep, man. Be a man.
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So this is the only TV show in America where I am quite confident that you, the audience, will share my excitement when I tell you that coming up in our next segment, we have the best graph ever. Best graph ever.
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'Straight Outta Compton' was such a great movie, and obviously, I'm in the music business, so getting to see that piece of history was amazing, and it was an incredible movie.
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For me, it was watching the New York Giants growing up, with Bill Parcells and Lawrence Taylor and that whole crew coming up through the '80s. And then, as I moved on to college, I thought I'd want to coach for sure.
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The idea of losing your best friend, basically, is the worst thing in world.
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One time Robert Plant was set to check into the same room after I checked out, so I removed every light bulb and ordered up a bunch of stinky cheese and put it under the mattress.
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You cannot make peace with terrorists. The normal dividing lines between war and peace do not apply.
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Imagination is the only true thing in the world!
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I want to make this perfectly clear: you can be sure that I will never be a yes-man except to my own conscience.
