I would love to see the French spending money to restore Iraq.
BOB SCHAFFERThere are many hands touching ballots after a voter drops his ballot into the ballot box. There is no guarantee of ballot secrecy for anyone, which makes the whole system vulnerable to intimidation and bribery.
More Bob Schaffer Quotes
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Though there is growing division among the Ukrainian military ranks as to loyalty in this revolution, the possibility of violence looms over the entire situation.
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It’s getting the right person that’s the challenge.
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The truth is the Super Bowl long ago became more than just a football game. It’s part of our culture, like turkey at Thanksgiving and lights at Christmas, and like those holidays – beyond their meaning – a factor in our economy.
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A great deal of our ratings on the morning news are people who died during the night with their TV on.
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Mitt Romney is betting big on himself and left no doubt about it.
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Nowadays I’m not even sure if newspapers take into account whether a person is a good writer.
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Government is just spending too much money.
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And after about two years, I realized that creative writing was not going to help you ace those biological tests. So I switched over to journalism. I didn’t graduate with honors, but I did graduate on time and with some doing.
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But here’s the deal: If I were smart, I could figure out curling. If I were even smarter, I could figure out why people would actually watch other people doing it. I have tried. I can’t. I can’t even figure out the object of the game. Is it like darts? I just don’t get it.
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But, you know, they’re glad to see you when you show up to cover the football game. Nobody is ever glad to see a police reporter when he shows up.
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And as a result, I guess I’m just kind of a rubberneck. I’m kind of a – someone who likes to see things and likes to see these events and talk to the people who make them happen. But I don’t think journalists are as important as the people they cover.
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One cannot help being impressed by the protesters. They have begun each day of the protest in Kiev in prayer and all activities are accomplished with a collective sense of respect, kindness, and an intention to conduct a peaceful revolution.
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When Sam Snead was asked how to putt, he said, ‘Putt for one hundred dollars’.
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They’ve asked me to do this temporarily. I don’t know what temporarily means. Life is temporary.
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But if you don’t enjoy doing something, you’ll be miserable no matter how much money you make.
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