Derek Bok Quotes
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There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.
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Once you understand that Goliath is much weaker than you think he is, and David has superior technology, then you say: why do we tell the story the way we do? It becomes, actually, a far more meaningful and important story in its retelling than in the kind of unsophisticated way we've done it for, I think, too long.
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You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
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In the schools of the Western countries, there is always the subject 'Religion.' The Classics are China's religion.
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I've worked since I was a five-year-old to be a performer.
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Acting doesn't feel good. It's not comfortable to feel all this stuff, it's not.
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As an actor, you try and be cool, but one of the reasons you become an actor is because you're a film fan. And then you're like, 'Oh my God, Ridley Scott just spoke to me!'
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Imagine a libertarian president challenging Congress for meaningful immigration reform.
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A man can be short and dumpy and getting bald but if he has fire, women will like him.
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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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I think the worst thing you can do about a situation is nothing.
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Manmohan Singh is a wise, wonderful man.
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You have to be let alone to really accomplish anything.
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For the record,'You'll Always Be a Part Of Me' no matter what you do,For the record,can't nobody say I didn't give 'My All' to you,For the record,I told you 'Underneath The Stars' that you 'Belong' to me,For the record,It's obvious that we just 'Can't Let Go' of us 'Honey'.
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To understand Vers libre, one must abandon all desire to find in it the even rhythm of metrical feet. One must allow the lines to flow as they will when read aloud by an intelligent reader.
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Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked.
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There's no sinner like a young saint.
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It was terribly difficult. It's not something I ever wanted in my life. Naively I just thought, 'oh I've got this great part'. I never thought about the reality of all the stuff that went with it. I'm actually quite a shy person when I'm not on stage.
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The whole gamut of good and evil is in every human being, certain notes, from stronger original quality or most frequent use, appearing to form the whole character; but they are only the tones most often heard. The whole scale is in every soul, and the notes most seldom heard will on rare occasions make themselves audible.
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Love is the art of hearts, and heart or arts.
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I try to make songs visual and tactile to kind of put you into the action.
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We're not competitor obsessed, we're customer obsessed. We start with the customer and we work backwards.
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Fewer than half of all university professors publish as much as one article per year.
