Derek Bok Quotes
I think it's very important to emphasize that there are many, many different educational institutions in what we call higher education, and they educate an enormous diversity of students. I think all of those institutions have to define particular roles for themselves; they can't do everything at once.
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Team synergy has an extraordinary impact on business results.
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We learn martial arts as helping weakness. You never fight for people to get hurt. You're always helping people.
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I've struggled with depression before. For me, music was always a very positive way to will myself out of that situation.
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I've always been interested in family secrets and what happens behind closed doors. I find that fascinating and creepy - that's why I read: because I want to know other people's secrets.
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You can't try to be somebody you're not; that's not style. If someone says, 'Buy this - you'll be stylish,' you won't be stylish because you won't be you. You have to learn who you are first, and that's painful.
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I hope that people will see that we don't have to sit by the sidelines and watch as the two major parties limit their choices to slightly different flavors of the status quo. It is, in fact, possible to join the fray, stand up for principles and offer a real alternative.
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People say I'm extravagant because I want to be surrounded by beauty. But tell me, who wants to be surrounded by garbage?
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The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike.
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I do like being busy. I'm not the kind of person who just sits around and goes to a spa when I'm not working.
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One cannot plan for the unexpected.
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Economically, we are, to some significant degree, interdependent with Chinese well-being. That is a great asset.
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I've never cackled with laughter at a single line I've ever written. None of it has given me pleasure.
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I do a medley of hymns in all of my sets, whether I'm in an arena, in a theater, in an amusement park.
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Most people want security in this world, not liberty.
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This is God's world, not Satan's. Christians are the lawful heirs, not non-Christians.
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If 'Deadwood' had gone on another two years, I wouldn't have got as many movies made.
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My whole philosophy is to broadcast the way a fan would broadcast.
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After I made my hit in 'Salome,' Universal sent me to New York so I could learn to be a proper movie star.
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When I moved to New York, I had to let my band know that I couldn't play anymore, and that was difficult to leave that behind.
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And both were young, and one was beautiful.
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As history has shown, pure science research ultimately ends up applying to something. We just don't know it at the time.
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People would beat me up after school; they would throw names at me. Children are brutal... Being different when you're a child is always a challenge.
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I'm a comedian who got into movies, so I don't really think of myself as an actor.
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I think it's very important to emphasize that there are many, many different educational institutions in what we call higher education, and they educate an enormous diversity of students. I think all of those institutions have to define particular roles for themselves; they can't do everything at once.
