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Walter Cronkite

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Music is the mirror we hold up to ourselves to see what our soul really looks like.
DOMINIC C. HOWARTH
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ANDREW BREITBART
You gotta pay your dues to sing the blues.
CAROL PLUM-UCCI
You're supposed to be kind to everyone, because you never know when you're meeting an angel.
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That was what a best friend did: hold up a mirror and show you your heart.
KRISTIN HANNAH
You don't tell an astronaut what to do.
ATMOSPHERE
This is Texas. We don't have Walter Cronkite and Ted Kennedy whining about their back yards,
JERRY PATTERSON
Tell your story to the universe and Let your actions speak LOVE.' No matter what it is.
NAPZ CHERUB PELLAZO
I dialed the number slowly, wanting to get it right. Two rings, and he picked up.
"Yes," I sai...
SARAH DESSEN
Walter Cronkite had a golden rule for all wartime reporters: never self-aggrandize.
DOUGLAS BRINKLEY
With the fragmentation of television audiences and the advent of cable and on-demand services, the p...
JILL ABRAMSON
Friendship is a double-edged sword one side it can be great and true but the other side it spells be...
GARY F EVANS...
In journalism I can only tell what happened. In fiction, I can show it.
DAVID FRUM
During one of the Apollo missions, I saw Walter Cronkite showing off the flight plan. It just mesmer...
ALAN STERN
The love you get, is equal to the love you give.
BEN OAK
The public don't know what they want; it's my job to tell them.
ALEC ISSIGONIS
I've always loved watching the news on TV. As a kid, I loved watching Walter Cronkite, for some ...
WILL FERRELL
Trust might be the only solution.
NEIL TIMOTHY P. EDILLON
Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an...
LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD
Congratulations, to the people which made gotham series, still need some more and extra work!
DEYTH BANGER
To have the cognitive abilities to do research and development is vital to a forever expanding world...
GARY F EVANS...
The first and foremost human right or fundamental right is the right to exist.
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If we ever put research into what the subconscious is we could probably come to the conclusion that ...
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How do you know if something is real? That’s easy. Does it change you? Does it form you? Does it g...
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Don't you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by and you're not taking advantage of it?...
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The first thing I do is look in the mirror and look at myself. What has happened has strengthened my...
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Who teach the mind its proper face to scan, And hold the faithful mirror up to man.
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CONNIE CHUNG
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The saying sell all your belongings & give to the poor simply means "Redirect your mind to the verit...
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Life can only be understood looking backward. It must be lived forward.
ERIC ROTH
You're afraid of getting hurt like I'm afraid to die. It doesn't mean I'm not going to live every da...
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Wesley Rush doesn't chase girls, but I'm chasing you.
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I turn and kick with the first one and feel myself being lifted and thrown towards the beach. It's l...
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DOUGLAS ADAMS
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In our time no one has the conception of what is great. It is up to me to show them.
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Our expectations were higher than what happened here. We weren't up to snuff today but it has been a...
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Walter Cronkite was a personally decent and convivial man, who literally couldn't kill a fly, wa...
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The Biggest Threat to our Democracy, Freedoms and Future is Leadership that fosters and Appeases the...
MICHAEL HARRIS
Journalism wishes to tell what it is that has happened everywhere as though the same things had happ...
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Judge not lest ye be judged.
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STEVE ERICKSON
Admittedly, it is really our duty, as artists, to hold up a mirror to our own era; but, on the other...
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Hold on to the Constitution and the republic for which it stands, What has happened once in 6,000 ye...
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I don't spend a lot of time asking "WHY?" Instead I focus on what I should do now or how I should re...
JEFF DIXON-THE KEY TO THE KINGDOM
Wake every morning with the same feeling. Live up high and fly on top of the ceiling. I just know th...
ANA CLAUDIA ANTUNES
The rankings of attendance and voting participation tell citizens how often their legislator was the...
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So," he said as we turned onto the main road, the muffler rattling, "I've been thinking."
"Yeah...
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Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you...
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The clearest way to show what the rule of law means to us in everyday life is to recall what has hap...
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The clearest way to show what the rule of law means to us in everyday life is to recall what has hap...
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The market is still waiting for HSBC results, which will have a big impact on the direction of the m...
ANDREW TO
Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt...
ANDREW TO
Bank of China's results were quite good; double-digit growth can be taken as good results for a bank...
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The index tried to challenge 18,000 but failed, so that triggered profit taking. Tokyo's slide also ...
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Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate...
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We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ...
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Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices.
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I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discourag...
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We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future.
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Next generations will not know what is to have childhood.
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How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine."
The Q...
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In the beginning the Universe was created.
This had made many people very angry and has been wi...
DOUGLAS ADAMS
There was a terribly ghastly silence.
There was a terribly ghastly noise.
There was a terr...
DOUGLAS ADAMS
To make one mistake, and then fix it. It shows, a sign that you have understood
the lesson.
DEYTH BANGER
She was restless. She drove a little too fast, swam a little too far offshore. She hitchhiked. She s...
ELIZABETH WINDER
Boring people live boring lives.
HABEEB AKANDE
Can I buy you a drink when you get off?"

"I don't drink. Alcohol is bad for my legs."
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He'd never forget what Naasir had said to him when Dmitri yelled that he didn't intend to bury anoth...
NALINI SINGH
Seeking survival, hostile, hidden from sight,
Deliciously flavoured - juicy, sweet bite,
E...
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He muttered something foul and then climbed the stairs, rapping twice on Timmie’s door.
“Ri...
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Anything that is exclusive will be accused of elitism; living one’s dreams will be called pretenti...
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We must try again to be alive to what the people of our country really long for in our national life...
PEGGY NOONAN
We only see what we want to see; we only hear what we want to hear. Our belief system is just like a...
DON MIGUEL RUIZ
Human is what he decides to be.
ZAMAN ALI
Hold up a mirror and ask yourself what you are capable of doing, and what you really care about. The...
SYLVIA EARLE
Polls only tell you want has happened in the past. They cannot accurately predict the future.
JASON KLINDT
The notion that the public accepts or rejects anything in modern art is merely romantic fiction. The...
THOMAS WOLFE
The notion that the public accepts or rejects anything in modern art is merely romantic fiction. The...
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It is only fair to expect public employees like me and others in the public sector to pay something ...
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Sometimes, our mirror reflections show our better selves.
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The doctor should be opaque to his patients and, like a mirror, should show them nothing but what is...
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WALTER ANNENBERG
The greatest happiness comes from being vitally interested in something that excites all your energi...
WALTER ANNENBERG
Live rich, die poor; never make the mistake of doing it the other way round.
WALTER ANNENBERG
I shall participate, I shall contribute, and in so doing, I will be the gainer.
WALTER ANNENBERG
Adversity tests us from time to time and it is inevitable that this testing continues during life.
WALTER ANNENBERG
Accomplish something every day of your life.
WALTER ANNENBERG
People who think about art as an investment are pathetic.
WALTER ANNENBERG
The test of character is having the ability to meet challenges.
WALTER ANNENBERG
In the world today, a young lady who does not have a college education just is not educated.
WALTER ANNENBERG
Never buy four C-plus paintings when you can buy one A.
WALTER ANNENBERG
My country has been very good to me; I must be good to my country.
WALTER ANNENBERG
Some people find an interest in making money, and though they appear to be slaving, many actually en...
WALTER ANNENBERG
Many activities and team play participation will give you a training that will prove invaluable late...
WALTER ANNENBERG
Too much work, too much vacation, too much of any one thing is unsound.
WALTER ANNENBERG
The greatest power is not money power, but political power.
WALTER ANNENBERG
I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible f...
WALTER ANDERSON
Good listeners, like precious gems, are to be treasured.
WALTER ANDERSON
We're never so vulnerable than when we trust someone - but paradoxically, if we cannot trust, ne...
WALTER ANDERSON
I'm not afraid to learn from my coaches.
WALTER ALSTON
I put myself through college playing pool.
WALTER ALSTON
I always liked Casey Stengel as a manager because he seemed to have a grasp of so many things.
WALTER ALSTON
The toughest thing about managing is knowing your personnel and what it can give you under all condi...
WALTER ALSTON
I do worry about tomorrow's game, but never about next year's job.
WALTER ALSTON
I've won plenty of games by knowing when to take out my pitcher; whom to replace him with; or ho...
WALTER ALSTON
I think for being not unsympathetic that their appearance may also appear, so differently it, must; ...
ULRICH WALTER
Every astronaut flew into space for a living. But while NASA has not solved the security problems, I...
ULRICH WALTER
Judgment comes from experience - and experience comes from bad judgment.
WALTER WRISTON
She's been on more laps than a napkin.
WALTER WINCHELL
Nothing recedes like success.
WALTER WINCHELL
Hollywood is where they shoot too many pictures and not enough actors.
WALTER WINCHELL
Broadway is a main artery of New York life - the hardened artery.
WALTER WINCHELL
The best way to get along is never to forgive an enemy or forget a friend.
WALTER WINCHELL
The only ones who like Milton Berle are his mother - and the public.
WALTER WINCHELL
Today's gossip is tomorrow's headline.
WALTER WINCHELL
I never lost a friend I wanted to keep.
WALTER WINCHELL
What I would like to be remembered for is that Walter Washington changed the spirit of the people of...
WALTER WASHINGTON
Mine has been a concern for the people, a concern to maintain stability, a concern to get people wor...
WALTER WASHINGTON
I passed the Bar on the first shot, But I have never practiced law.
WALTER WAGER
I always liked spy stories.
WALTER WAGER
I use the city because it saves time, I don't have to do a lot of research on the setting.
WALTER WAGER
In France, I learned about wine and cheese.
WALTER WAGER