- Nov 07, 2020
Done Quotes
What gets done outlasts what gets said.
This page pairs personal accomplishment with bigger historical claims - singing described as among the toughest crafts to master, a role taken on with real pride, and a comparison of the printing press's impact to gunpowder's. See more in our Everything Quotes collection.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Every Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
I practiced for at least two hours every day for twenty years, before then I practiced maybe four to five hours a day, and before then 14 hours a day. It was all I had ever done.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The uniqueness of the unit was more or less that it was focused on a single individual. It was really the first time the agency had done that sort of effort.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I live a pretty conservative life, so I probably really haven't done anything crazy.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fairness forces you - even when you're writing a piece highly critical of, say, genetically modified food, as I have done - to make sure you represent the other side as extensively and as accurately as you possibly can.
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- Nov 07, 2020
My form is more on the lines of a Chinese porcelain-jar juggler. They learn it as a child. They learn, learn, learn, learn - but not with a porcelain jar. Then, when they're ready to perform, they're taken to a museum, and they're given a porcelain jar for a lifetime to use. When they're done, it's returned to the museum.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
There isn't a fight that I'm in that I'm not asking the question, 'What could we have done to avoid this?' Or, 'What can we do to avoid this in the future in terms of the kinds of things that we see?'
- Next
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- Nov 07, 2020
After I left 'Laverne & Shirley,' I got a ton of offers to play the goofy guy next door, and there were a couple of series that I was offered that turned out to be successful series, but it was too close to what I'd done on my series, and I was really glad I didn't take it.
- Chill
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- Nov 07, 2020
By the time I'm done with my show, I'm in Never-Never Land. Usually I leave the room for the auction and try to chill out.
- Pressure
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had already been into my professional career for six years and had not won an individual gold medal at the Olympics. There was a tremendous amount of pressure going into 1996 to get it done.
- Grandmother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My grandmother was a Greenpeace supporter. We've always done that sort of thing; we've always believed in helping others - it's part of our ethos.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The gospel is entirely a message about what someone else has done not only for me but also for the renewal of the whole creation.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been in this business now for almost ten years. I've done a lot of stories. I have a pretty good track record.
- Confines
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- Nov 07, 2020