George Stroumboulopoulos famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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I never wanted to live a relatable life, I wanted to live an aspirational life. I didn't want to see people who had my life on TV. I wanted to see other lives, right, and so I was always trying to get as much of that stuff as I could.
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If I wasn't in broadcasting I would like to grow a gigantic beard; and I would like to open a motorcycle garage somewhere in the desert in Nevada and I would disappear and work on bikes, make them really fast. I would love to just race motorcycles for a living if I could do it, but I'm just not that good at it so this is what I'm doing.
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Good journalism is crucial. Good journalism isn't easy so I think it's less about what story and more about the layers and context that need to be explored in the story. That's one of the reasons why I'm excited to be a part of CNN. This is the kind of place that you can do that.
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Sports and music are the same thing to me. When done wrong, they are really frustrating; when done right, they can change your day.
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I went to a Catholic School, and underneath my school uniform, I wore a metal shirt.
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A lot of people take shots at news channels.
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News channels have always had interview shows, but we need different kinds of interviews with different kinds of interviewers - interviewers who bring different life experiences to the table.
-- George Stroumboulopoulos
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Universities are not here to be mediums for the coercion of other people, they're here to be mediums for the free exchange of ideas.
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Money has no color. If you can build a better mousetrap, it won't matter whether you're black or white. People will buy it.
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The chief danger of the Church today is that it is trying to get on the same side as the world, instead of turning the world upside down. Our Master expects us to accomplish results, even if they bring opposition and conflict. Anything is better than compromise, apathy, and paralysis. God give to us an intense cry for the old-time power of the Gospel and the Holy Ghost!
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In trying to avoid one sin I've committed another.
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If you just try long enough and hard enough, you can always manage to boot yourself in the posterior.
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Above all am I convinced of the need, irrevocable and inescapable, of every human heart, for God. No matter how we try to escape, to lose ourselves in restless seeking, we cannot separate ourselves from our divine source. There is no substitute for God.
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If you feel that strongly about something, you have an obligation to try and change my mind.
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I try to pick characters that I find interesting and complex and that I feel I can bring something of myself to.
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People should pay more attention. Everyone wants attention, but no one wants to give attention.
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If you want to go to the mall, you have to take security. But it's always cool. The kids are amazing.
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