Norman Lear Quotes

At great, great remove sit the head of General Electric, the head of News Corp, the head of Viacom, or the head of this giant international corporation that wants these ratings.

Norman Lear

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I came into the league in '94.

Robert Kraft

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Sam Walton was a master storyteller who used illustrative stories to reinforce his cultural standards.

Michael Bergdahl

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We will go forward... we will never go back.

Michael Bloomberg

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I used a lot of pancake makeup and a prayer, and a Buddhist chant.

Steven Cojocaru

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Being from Texas, acting or music isn't really a thing to do.

Tony Oller

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When you're a musician, one of the things that comes to you in the beginning that is quite unexpected is the reaction from your fans, and to the way your music plays an important part in their life in figuring things out.

Rob Halford

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We make the Sabbath a delight when we teach the gospel to our children.

Russell M. Nelson

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I feel like movies, if there's any kind of budget whatsoever, there's so much sitting, and I really like to work. Otherwise my blood sugar just drops, you know, six hours sitting in a camper.

Mary-Louise Parker

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We never thought we were writing for posterity, because at the time everyone assumed that all the great standards had already been written by Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hammerstein... The songs we were writing were supposed to be temporary things, of the period, like comic books.

Mike Stoller

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A genius knows how to make himself easily understood without being obvious about it.

Jean Anouilh

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Early on, I had to structure my ideas of success around things like, 'Can I go back and listen to the record months or years after I made it and still get some enjoyment out of it?' Or 'Have I said what I wanted to say on this album? Did it connect with people on a personal level, even if it's a small number of people?'

Jason Isbell

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All officers of the Intelligence Community, and especially its most senior officer, must conduct themselves in a manner that earns and retains the public trust. The American people are uncomfortable with government activities that do not take place in the open, subject to public scrutiny and review.

Dennis C. Blair

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