Blake Mycoskie Quotes
My goal was to go back to Argentina, and give them all-all the shoes-away. Not just to give them away, but to place them on each child's foot.
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Any time there's a scandal, we always try and get involved.
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I've always thought of myself as a character actor, even though I've played some leading-man roles.
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It's super dope when you connect with something personally.
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If you believe that your thoughts originate inside your brain, do you also believe that television shows are made inside your television set?
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The man who has perceived God looks upon all types of men as dream motion-picture images, made of the relativities of the light of Cosmic Consciousness and the shadows of delusion.
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Every single figure on Mount Rushmore was a third party at one time or another, so third parties become major parties, and I think that the Libertarian Party may become my major party.
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The National Surveillance State doesn't want anyone to be able to communicate without the authorities being able to monitor that communication.
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My father was a diplomat for part of his life and I jumped from country to country and culture to culture.
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Yes, there's a luck in most things; and in none more than being born at the right time.
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What I loved about 'Goodfellas' is that it's a film about bad behavior - but told with great energy and without judgment - but it doesn't actually shy away from the consequences of that behavior in the characters' lives, which I think is similar in 'Keep the Lights On.'
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For 'Iron Man' I had to improv with Robert Downey Jr., which is like going up against LeBron in basketball. At one point he stopped and said, 'Can we give a round of applause to Olivia, because she's rocking it right now.'
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You can't be happy if you're not tolerably happy with yourself. The addition of friends adds immeasurably to life.
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It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters in the end.
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I made a promise to myself to be kinder to other people.
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I never think of an entire book at once. I always just start with a very small idea. In 'Holes,' I just began with the setting; a juvenile correctional facility located in the Texas desert. Then I slowly make up the story, and rewrite it several times, and each time I rewrite it, I get new ideas, and change the old ideas around.
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Maybe they say they do but I don't think many actors really enjoy trying to do a Shakespearean play.
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The goal, as Compaq has stated all along in its history, is to support an open industry standard.
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I can't imagine where I'd be without the opportunities provided to me in sports. Sports taught me that gender isn't an issue; in fact, when people talk about me being the first female governor, I'm a little absent from that discussion, because I've never thought of gender as an issue. In sports, you learn self-discipline, healthy competition, to be gracious in victory and defeat, and the importance of being part of a team and understanding what part you play on that team. You all work together to reach a goal, and I think all of those factors come into play in my role as governor.
