Christopher Bond Quotes
History's lesson is to make the most of reform opportunities when they arise because they do not arise often and they do not last long.
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I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters human.
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Once I got married, I started working from an office. I found that having somewhere to go that isn't my house is mentally helpful: 'This is the place where I answer email and write blog posts,' and 'over there is the place where I do the dishes.'
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I just want to be part of great stories that are told and for them to be relevant.
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I have always believed that when you're feeling sorry for yourself, the best thing to do is help someone else.
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I'm the Jerry Lewis of crime fiction.
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As Mayor, I will use my experience to make San Francisco a place where small businesses can thrive.
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Bad ballplayers make good managers.
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Sometimes God presents opportunities that look insignificant or rather ordinary. Perhaps you don't see how they fit into the big picture for your life. But if God is asking you to do something, He has a purpose for it.
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I think anyone that isn't fired up right now shouldn't probably be out here.
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I always feel that most people out there who aren't sure if the gym is really for them aren't prepared to pay and find out.
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A key reason that elections are run so badly is that in most states, political partisans are in charge.
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Born in 1936, I experienced the Second World War as a child in the city of Gelsenkirchen-Buer. This area was heavily bombed, but fortunately, all members of my family survived the war and post-war period.
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When you start to work with someone, there's a negotiation that takes place involving what's going to happen when you have a difference of opinion. Most attempts at collaboration never survive the negotiation. Merely being agreeable is not enough.
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The type of leukemia that I am dealing with is treatable. So if I do what my doctors tell me to do - get my blood checked regularly, take my meds and consult with my doctor and follow any additional instructions he might make - I will be able to maintain my good health and live my life with a minimum of disruptions to my lifestyle.
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It's like having astronomy without knowing where the stars are.
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When companies minimize their costs, they can spend more on R & D and marketing. It's just very logical.
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You know, real life doesn't just suddenly resolve itself. You have to keep working at it.
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I never wanted to be a public intellectual or a talking head.
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You must not let your opponent know how you feel.
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It is not necessary to succeed in order to persevere. As long as there is a margin of hope, however narrow, we have no choice but to base all our actions on that margin. America and Russia have one interest in common which may override all their other interests: to be able to live with the bomb without getting into an all-out war that neither of them wants.
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It's a long way from Graceland across Jordan to the Promised Land, but Jesus finally came to lead him home.
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It was really great to also see the response that people were having to 'Treme' 'cause you're in a vacuum when you're on a TV show. You see the response online, you read about it and all of that, but actually to be live and have that many thousands of fans come out, it's really wonderful.
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The completely irreverent tone was the thing that won me over about the first 'Deadpool' movie.
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History's lesson is to make the most of reform opportunities when they arise because they do not arise often and they do not last long.
