Jim Lehrer Quotes

The best moderators are the moderators who are essentially invisible. A moderator who is there to be seen and heard and to be talked about either, 'oh, God, what a great question,' or, 'oh, God, what a lousy question,' that to me is a failed moderator.

Jim Lehrer

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Everything I've done - 'Top Of The Pops,' 'Jim'll Fix It,' 'Radio 1' - all developed into legends.

Jimmy Savile

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If you need to take a step back from day-to-day operations and plot out the long-term direction of your user experience strategy, consultants can give you a perspective you can't get on your own.

Jesse James Garrett

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Everybody that's on a set - from the director to the grips to the electricians - it's all about problem solving. So, as empowered as you can make everybody feel, that's really important.

John Cabrera

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Anger is so constructive.

John Cameron Mitchell

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Patrick Cote, that would be one way traffic. I'd destroy the guy.

Michael Bisping

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The relationship between you and your boss will change over time. When you just started out, that boss was your mentor and took you under their wing. As a seasoned employee, though, you no longer need your boss to guide you along. You should be able to handle tasks on your own.

John Rampton

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I'm persuaded today that the only way you can get into another country with a different culture from your own is to find a local partner who knows the market. Discovering this felt like small children discovering that if you put a bobby pin into an electric plug you get a shock!

Roberto Civita

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The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one's preconceived ideas. In the event, one is always bewildered by their simplicity, their grandeur of design, and by that element of the bizarre which seems inherent in them.

Jean Cocteau

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The universe hands you opportunities for a while, and if you don't take them, the universe says to itself, 'Oh I see, this person doesn't like opportunities' and stops giving them to you.

Douglas Coupland

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You stuff somebody into the American dream, and it becomes a prison.

Craig L. Thomas

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For me, learning music and playing music and learning your instrument has incredible parallels for our day-to-day existence as human beings. All the ideas of discipline, and having a sense of yourself and translating that to music, that's all part of life's journey.

Arturo O'Farrill

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I respect the Grammys, being a writer. But me being an artist representing hip hop? No.

Rick Ross

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