David L. Wolper Quotes
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I don't have to really be in the 60s. Every time I hail a cab in New York, and they pass me by and pick up the white person, then I get a dose of it. Or when they don't want to take you to Harlem. I grew up with that.
Queen Latifah -
Don't dress to kill, dress to survive.
Karl Lagerfeld -
My big philosophy is: Try and work with good people, because the process is your life. That's going to be really, really hard. I'm glad I learned the lesson, 'Failure is OK.'
Dana Fox -
Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom.
Mahatma Gandhi -
I had this dream that I was going to come to New York and be a writer.
Garth Risk Hallberg -
With TV, you get on a show and you're there for 11 years playing the same character. I would pull my hair out. Yes, the money is good. But I'm really not in this business to chase dollars.
Taraji P. Henson
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Some people can be choosy because they're ultratalented or lucky or whatever, but yeah, there are certain things that might not be the greatest thing on my resume. But I don't sit back and go, 'Gosh, I wish I didn't do that.' It's all part of the growth of a career, whether you're an entertainer or a librarian.
Zach Galifianakis -
I don't think I was born beautiful. I just think I was born me.
Naomi Campbell -
The Highlander was a documentary, and events happened in real time.
Dana Snyder -
The past is our definition. We may strive with good reason to escape it, or to escape what is bad in it. But we will escape it only by adding something better to it.
Wendell Berry -
The essence of competitiveness is liberated when we make people believe that what they think and do is important - and then get out of their way while they do it.
Jack Welch -
You have to be very strong and headstrong to make your place. You have to know how to say no. Patience is very important.
Yami Gautam
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Everything goes with blond. You can wear it with any color, and it's great.
Sam Heughan -
For years, Islamists and other extremists have taken advantage of grievances of Muslims in Britain and have successfully identified ways to integrate them under one 'Islamic' banner.
Maajid Nawaz -
Corruption has its own motivations, and one has to thoroughly study that phenomenon and eliminate the foundations that allow corruption to exist.
Eduard Shevardnadze -
The important thing is this Just because I'm doing well doesn't mean that they're going to do well if they get HIV. A lot of people have died since I have announced. This disease is not going anywhere.
Magic Johnson -
In ancient times and in our times, Muslim communities have been at the forefront of innovation and education.
Barack Obama -
I decline the election. - It has ever been my rule through life, to observe a proportion between my efforts and my objects. I have never been remarkable for a bold, active, and sanguine pursuit of advantages that are personal to myself.
Edmund Burke
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Many of the things we do at Basecamp would be considered unusual at most companies: paying for employees' hobbies, allowing our team to work from anywhere, even footing the bill for fresh fruits and veggies in our staff members' homes.
Jason Fried -
I believe very firmly that gay people of every stripe and age should be role models for all children, and that means interacting with them.
Armistead Maupin -
The art of knowing is knowing what to ignore.
Rumi -
I take pride in working very hard. You need to understand that hard work doesn't instantly pay off. My career grew gradually and taught me a lesson every step of the way.
Trey Songz -
I don't mind hidden depths but I insist that there be a surface.
James Nicoll -
My roots are documentaries.
David L. Wolper