Jim Lehrer Quotes

A debate has one purpose, one purpose only, and that is to facilitate the exchange of ideas directly between two candidates, and that's it.

Jim Lehrer

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My obsession with time informs my poetry so completely it is hard for me to summarize it. We want time to pass, for new things to happen to us, we want to hold on to certain moments, we don't want our lives to end.

John Barton

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Democracy relies on free speech. Yes, say anything you want, but it relies even more on the speech being truthful. It is the truth, after all, that sets us free.

John F. Kerry

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But having said that, what's happening with campaign finance reform and our political culture is devastating.

Robert McChesney

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I was born accidentally. I lived accidentally in London. We nearly migrated to New Zealand. So much of my life has been a product of chance, I can't see a meaning in it at all.

Tony Judt

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I'm prepared to fight as hard as I can against unions entering the University on behalf of our students.

Ruth J. Simmons

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It would be easier to say, what was the difference in style from many years ago. Many years ago, the old violinists, they also had a good technique, they were not tonally as good.

Ruggiero Ricci

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That movie - 'Airplane!' - it influenced so many of us.

Jay Chandrasekhar

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The Resurrection is at the core of our beliefs as Christians. Without it, our faith is meaningless.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

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In Nova Scotia, there are some definite down-home accents, and it's funny because you can go to Sydney, and one guy is from North Sydney, and you can't understand a thing he's saying, or Glace Bay or wherever.

Diego Klattenhoff

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I'm heavily influenced by European and American cinema, but the further I get in my career, the more I find myself looking back East for inspiration.

Chloe Zhao

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I'm a shocker. I like to create controversy. It's my trademark.

Brenda Fassie

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My writing has always been what you call 'narrative fiction' in the sense that it's got very strong plots and twists at the end.

Anthony Horowitz

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