Tom Brokaw Quotes

While Pickstown may not be what it once was, it still is framed by the natural beauty of the ancient river, the sweep of the Great Plains, and the long, unbroken shoreline of the lake behind the dam. It gave me a 19th-century childhood in a modern mid-20th-century town, and for that I will always be grateful.

Tom Brokaw

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Moving and motion tends to make things pop up. But things pop up for me, really, at just odd intervals or at random times that aren't really convenient, so I'm a big fan of the voice memo recorder on my phone. That's the only way I can remember things.

Jim James

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'Give me your poor.' It didn't say, 'Give me your poor who can afford a $680 citizenship.' If I had my way, it would be free. If I had my way, the state would subsidize every eligible application, period.

Andrew Cuomo

MeFreeCitizenshipSayWayPoor

People concerned about inflation today tend to buy big houses and nice cars.

Robert Kiyosaki

TodayPeopleNiceBuyBigInflation

People are not on a truth quest; they are on a happiness quest. They will continue to attend your church - even if they don't share your beliefs - as long as they find the content engaging and helpful.

Andy Stanley

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My goal isn't to wake up in the morning and hurt people's feelings.

Andy Kindler

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For two years nobody talked about anything other than the name arrangement. There was no fund-raising and no progress being made on construction and design.

Michael Arad

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I have swung on a flying trapeze, explored a glacier, and been hit in the face by a shark's tail while scuba diving. I like to throw myself fully into projects and adventures, which is probably how I managed to publish a book in the first place.

Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

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At the end of the day, it's not a normal condition to have interest rates at zero.

Lloyd Blankfein

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I have a lot of help to do chores so I can be with my family, and I never have any help over the weekends.

Diane Greene

FamilyHelpI CanNeverOverChores

They came and bound me up and I had awful stretch marks. I hated my breasts after that.

Christine Keeler

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I don't feel uncomfortable in forbidding institutions, and work with, say, prisons or psychiatric institutions could be one of the things that evolve out of the Laureateship.

Chris Riddell

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Dealing with death is there forever, really, you know, because we all have to face it.

Pierce Brosnan

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