Tom Brokaw Quotes

The response to 'The Greatest Generation' and the books that followed has been one of the most satisfying experiences of my life.

Tom Brokaw

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LifeGenerationMy LifeExperiences

Human nature is not amenable to prediction based on the trends or tendencies prevailing at the time. It is amenable to startling creativity of the kind practiced by great artists, directors, writers, musicians, actors, who know how to touch a chord in humans everywhere.

Maurice Saatchi

NatureGreatTimeCreativityKnow

I just love striking.

Max Holloway

LoveJustStriking

White House and State Department foreign-policy experts are overwhelmingly directed towards military and diplomatic issues, not development issues.

Jeffrey Sachs

HouseWhiteDevelopmentMilitary

I wanted to stay on TV because I've got kids who are school-aged, so I get to see them most days as opposed to going away for movies months and months at a time.

Miguel Ferrer

TimeMoviesSeeDaysStayGoing

To survive in a lot of male-dominated situations - the police, the military, what have you - you put on a bit of the crass, blowhard thing, because you just can't survive being the nice guy in those environments.

Dean Norris

PoliceSurviveYouNiceMilitary

Netflix likes critical attention, and they like their analytics.

Cheo Hodari Coker

AttentionNetflixLikeCritical

E! needs to be and really wants to be the pulse of popular culture.

Bonnie Hammer

CultureNeedsWantsPopularReally

This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read.

Winston Churchill

CommunicationRiskBeingAgainst

We all want to be happy. We need to expand the notion of what that means, to make it bigger and wiser.

Sharon Salzberg

HappyBe HappyWantWiserNeedMake

I learned to read and write and socialize in school, and that's pretty much it.

Rick Springfield

SchoolWritePrettyReadMuch

When I was 3, I recited a poem at a festival in Passaic, New Jersey. The applause was tremendous, and it hit me that I could affect people positively by performing.

Nina Arianda

PeopleMeNewAffectJerseyPoem

When I was at school, one of my teachers had two statements hanging from the board all year: 'Be observant' and 'Be empathetic.'

Marne Levine

SchoolYearTeachersTwoHanging

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