Ted Koppel Quotes

Our society finds truth too strong a medicine to digest undiluted. In its purest form, truth is not a polite tap on the shoulder. It is a howling reproach.

Ted Koppel

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My mother wanted me to be a reader. She was a reader. Even though she had an 11th-grade education, she was curious about all kinds of things - archeology, anthropology.

Joe R. Lansdale

EducationMotherCuriousMeShe

Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.

John F. Kennedy

WarEndMankindMustBeforePut

There's a culture inside the NHS that is highly paternalistic. You know, 'We give them the service and they are grateful.' We have to move to shared decision-making.

Andrew Lansley

ServiceCultureGratefulYouKnow

As for courage and will - we cannot measure how much of each lies within us, we can only trust there will be sufficient to carry through trials which may lie ahead.

Andre Norton

CourageTrustLieMeasureTrials

The world of sports knows no religious, racial or political differences. Athletes, from whatever land they come, speak the same language. The lessons of competition are lessons for life.

Robert Kennedy

LifeSportsCompetitionWorldSpeak

The lovely thing about being an actor is being anonymous, it's never having to explain yourself. And that's what I find interesting about actors or painters I admire. I don't want to know about their lives.

Matthew Macfadyen

YourselfInterestingFindKnowWant

I've worked with the greatest actors, and they're all gone. This is what's so desperate to me.

Angela Lansbury

MeGoneGreatestDesperateWorked

I have always been an independent voice for the folks in my district.

Ann Kirkpatrick

VoiceIndependentAlwaysBeenFolks

To be a great player or a good player in the NBA, I have to work on my perimeter game.

Amar'e Stoudemire

WorkGoodGreatGameNBAPlayer

I like time ticking the way it is.

Stephen Graham

TimeWayLikeTicking

I want people to focus on listening, not the image. And I want to play to everyone: rednecks, dubstep kids, punk rockers, and people who like as-real-as-it-gets country music.

Sturgill Simpson

MusicFocusPeopleListeningPlay

I often say that it's only people who have their skin in the business who'll work towards its success.

Subhash Chandra

WorkSuccessBusinessPeopleSkin

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