Christopher Walken Quotes

I think the fact that I was raised in show business, in New York City, in the '50s, that's affected my personality to the point that I'm a little different.

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• Corporations take the humanity out of trade - they take the happiness out and replace it with something that is ugly.

  

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• I discovered what it meant to 'live for Christ,' and that it honestly was something I wanted to do. The facts were there, and I could sense the Holy Spirit at work.

  

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• Culturally, the First World War is the war that stands in for other wars.

  

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• When you're a caregiver, you need to realize that you've got to take care of yourself, because, not only are you going to have to rise to the occasion and help someone else, but you have to model for the next generation.

  

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• The single most important thing that I feel responsible for is that the company cherishes the work.

  

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• I struggled with being a broke college graduate, and while all my friends were getting career jobs, I was working horrible part-time jobs. That's why now, even when I get tired, I think, 'This is what I asked for.'

  

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• Even before it opened its retail arm, Beigh was renowned among pashmina cognoscenti for the quality and complexity of the work produced in its workshop, a large, airy, sunlit rectangle of a room directly across from its second-floor shop.

  

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• Nothing says, 'I pay attention to detail!' like footwear flattery from a boy.

  

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• Man is a creative retrospection of nature upon itself.

  

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• I'm very drawn to characters who are very flawed. I'm less interested in characters who are just good or bad, because to me then they're not real people.

  

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• I'd like to sell out worldwide stadium tours. That'd be something. Or to have sixty number ones on Billboard.

  

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• Barack Obama's victories in 2008 and 2012 were dismissed by some of his critics as merely symbolic for African Americans. But there is nothing 'mere' about symbols.

  

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• From LeBron's standpoint, if a guy like Kyrie walks away - that creates doubt. But Kyrie committed right away, and that's a major statement about his faith in us.

  

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• The Clinton, Bush, and Obama administrations all fell victim to chronically relying on Beijing's empty promises with the distant hope that China would finally use its influence to reign in Pyongyang's provocative behavior, to no avail.

  

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• It's often out of my own insecurity. If I'm picky, it's for that reason. I want to be able to bring my best to the table. So if I'm not connecting to something, then I'm not gonna hold up my end of the bargain, and that's really embarrassing.

  

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• My style has been pretty much like a newspaper. It's got politics in it, it's got media, sports, family relations, you know, all the sections you would expect, and wonderful religion things.

  

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• T20 is good entertainment. It is a game you need. People go to watch it. You have to be careful how far you let it go.

  

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• In an ever-changing global marketplace, the one factor any state can count on is the skills of its upcoming and existing workforce.

  

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• It had a very good arrangement by Herbie Hancock, but it used existing pieces.

  

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• I think the fact that I was raised in show business, in New York City, in the '50s, that's affected my personality to the point that I'm a little different.

  

  Christopher Walken
  • Different
  • Business
  • City