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Jim Lehrer Quotes

A skill required to be president is to explain to the American people any given thing they do.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: journalist
Nationality: american
Birth: May 19, 1934

Topics

People American Skill President Any

I think everybody in news understands that the audience that watches for more than an hour is not your target audience - because those people are on life support.

John Hockenberry

Life Support People Think Watches

It was always about the story rather than the character.

Character Story Always Rather Than

I don't really do glasses. It's a good look, but I'm not big on wearing clear glasses for fashion. And I don't wear too many shades because my fans love to see my eyes.

Love Good Eyes Glasses Fashion Look

If you were summoned for jury duty and you didn't show up, what would happen? You'd be in jail!

You Jail Duty Jury Happen Up

When you hire Sam Jackson, he'll figure out the character, and he'll figure out the character's look, and he'll provide it to you. With Sam Jackson, you basically yell 'action', you go get a sandwich, and you come back and yell 'cut.'

Character Action You Look Back Go

'Expect nothing and hope for the best' is my mantra. A drama teacher called Joseph Blatchley told me that, and it's the best advice I've had. If you keep an open mind and don't expect too much, then you won't be disappointed.

Michelle Dockery

Hope Teacher Best Mind Me Advice

A god who let us prove his existence would be an idol.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

God Prove Existence Us Idol Would

I see life as a burning meteorite that you can climb all over, and feed off, as it is falling to earth.

Life Climb You Earth Over See

The stories that engaged me as a kid were all science fiction. Later, it turned out that I didn't have the language to talk about what was bothering me in a way that was straightforward.

Science Me Language Way Talk Kid

When I wrote about Mary Wollstonecraft, I found that here she was, in the late 18th century, going to work for the 'Analytical Review.' What was the 'Analytical Review?' It was a magazine that dealt with politics and literature.

Work Politics Literature Late She

I love the masochistic aspect of eating seething, real Sichuan food in Sichuan Province.

Anthony Bourdain

Love Food Eating Real Province

Success should always be just beyond your grasp.

William Shatner

Success Beyond Always Just Your

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