Tom Brokaw Quotes

We lost our way and allowed greed and excess to become the twin pillars of too much of the financial culture. We became a society utterly absorbed in consumption and dismissive of moderation.

Tom Brokaw

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If there's an energy between two people it doesn't matter what you look like or what you do for a living or where you live.

Jennie Garth

LivePeopleEnergyYouLookLiving

It's none of our business, the sexual preference of people. So, I hope if someone's thinking about it, that if they do come out as gay and are a professional football player, and it makes them happy, and it makes their life easier, then I think they should do it.

Andrew Luck

LifeBusinessHopeFootballHappy

Why couldn't Obama have picked somebody respectable as his running mate, you know, like John Kerry did?

Ann Coulter

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Actually, I'm addicted to science fiction. Let me make my diction clear - I love sci-fi.

John Rhys-Davies

LoveScienceMeScience FictionMake

You really need to be on top of what you own, and you've got to be on top of your record-keeping. Imagine one day if a major bank is taken down and the records are gone.

Ross Perot, Jr.

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I thought that making movies was drab. I'd lived through that. And I didn't want to use my parents, ever... They didn't want to push me into this business.

Liza Minnelli

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I go to this gym full of stunt men. There aren't any TVs or treadmills there. This is a spit-and-sawdust kind of place. It has a lot of great training aids - trampolines and bags and every weapon ever invented to do harm to a human being. If you want to know how to throw a knife, it's great.

Jason Statham

GreatMenTrainingYouGymPlace

It's estimated for every $1 billion we spend on road construction, nearly 48,000 jobs are created.

Dennis Hastert

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Hollywood wants press, any kind of press.

Christopher Atkins

KindHollywoodPressWantsAny

Indians mock their corrupt politicians relentlessly, but they regard their honest politicians with silent suspicion. The first thing they do when they hear of a supposedly 'clean' politician is to grin. It is a cliche that honest politicians in India tend to have dishonest sons, who collect money from people seeking an audience with Dad.

Aravind Adiga

MoneyPeopleIndiaSilentClean

I'm a hamster person.

Sean Hayes

Person

What's the reality of being inside a zoo, for the animals and for the people who love and care for those animals? There's a lot of joy, and there's a lot of loss.

Thomas French

LoveJoyPeopleCareRealityLoss

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