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Tom Brokaw Quotes

John F. Kennedy, the man I had thought would define the political ideal for the rest of my days, was suddenly gone in the senseless violence of a single moment.

Tom Brokaw

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: journalist
Nationality: american
Birth: February 6, 1940

Topics

Moment Man Rest Thought Political

I moved to Manchester to join a band and ended up getting into acting, and I moved back to London to become an actor and ended up joining a band.

Jim Sturgess

Back Acting Actor London Become Up

My parents couldn't afford physical therapy, so they sent me to dancing school. I learned how to dance in heels, which means I can walk in heels. And I'm from Jersey, and we are really concerned with being chic, so if my friends wore heels, so did I.

Maysoon Zayid

Walk Dance School Parents Me I Can

Once I got into college, I discovered literature - in particular, multicultural literature. I just started to understand the power of story and narrative, and you know, like anyone else, I kind of wanted to do it, too.

Matt de la Pena

Power College Story Literature You

I have always thought it was important to maintain some connection for myself to what it takes to make a song work by myself, to put a song across to an audience by myself.

Jeff Tweedy

Work Myself Song Thought Connection

We all are faced by problems of 'How am I going to get the rent?' or 'Am I going to have this job six months from now?' It's very difficult to define in your life a victory.

Michael A. Stackpole

Life Job Victory Problems Now Rent

I think if there was a sharing in the ups, a sharing in the downs, the country would not be as divided.

John Schnatter

Think Country Sharing Divided Would

As a kid growing up St. Louis, Missouri, I lived in a predominantly black neighborhood. Any time people talked about slavery, it was always something like, 'If I was a slave, I wouldn't have been putting up with that. I would have been out in a heartbeat.' And it's like, sure, it's a very easy thing to say.

Sterling K. Brown

Time People Growing Up Slavery Black

Oh, I've never gone off into that 'the room's not the right temperature, take this tea back' stuff. I still scrub my own toilet and vacuum the carpet, and I have to be able to push my trolley around Morrisons and do my shopping.

Rob Halford

Tea Shopping Push Back My Own Never

My heart is half Puerto Rican, half Canadian. That is how I feel.

Roberto Alomar

Heart Feel Half Rican I Feel How

Now this really is something to put on the mantelpiece.

Mary Leakey

Now Something Really Put

I am so used to being up on stage and talking to my fans that it's strange to be on stage and be someone else. I can't look at the audience during 'In the Heights' or I will start talking to them.

Jordin Sparks

I Am Start Someone Talking Look

Uber sees ride-sharing as a winner-takes-all war and subsequently is willing to offer below-market prices in a bid to crowd out the competition.

Anthony Scaramucci

Competition War Out Crowd Uber Bid