Derek Bok Quotes
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Fame has become this obsession for people, which kind of creeps me out.
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There's one guy who inspired a nation of golfers, and that's Greg Norman. He's been incredible to me and all the great golfers.
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The student will try to defy the master. Always.
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There was a time I desperately needed for the world to know that I was no category guy. My whole goal in life was to reach that certain success where people will say, 'Hey, that guy can do anything. He's the Evel Knievel of music. He's jumping over 15 buses!'
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Most people consider me an optimist because I laughingly state that I would take my last two dollars and buy a money belt.
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If you don't feel good in it, don't wear it. Because it'll never look good. Any hesitation in the fitting room and just walk away.
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I just don't believe that when people are being unjustly oppressed that they should let someone else set rules for them by which they can come out from under that oppression.
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I am going to Rio with a chance of a medal.
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The South is brutalized to a degree not realized by its own inhabitants, and the very foundation of government, law and order, are imperilled.
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I've always loved Scotland, and I'm not a huge fan of big cities, to be honest. I like them to dip into for a bit, but I'm not sure I would want to live in one again.
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Sometimes people mistake the way I talk for what I am thinking.
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My singing is my hobby. It's me and my brother. We just enjoy writing music.
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It's always a thrill to wear the flag and ride for Canada in any competition, but especially the Olympics.
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When you're in love you never really know whether your elation comes from the qualities of the one you love, or if it attributes them to her; whether the light which surrounds her like a halo comes from you, from her, or from the meeting of your sparks.
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My dad was very much a struggling actor and spent more of his life as a postman, as a member of a tarmac firm, as a van driver.
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According to God's word, we haven't done a very good job concerning our little ones, nor our teens.
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Common participation in the Eucharist can only be a final outcome of ecumenic dialogue, not the starting point.
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In ancient times and in our times, Muslim communities have been at the forefront of innovation and education.
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Imagine living in a state where businesses can legally refuse to serve people based on their sexual orientation. Where parents can force their children to undergo conversion therapy to 'cure' them of their 'homosexual tendencies.'
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If something I make succeeds, people say it was luck. But I don't just throw myself into the unknown. I research my subjects and listen constantly to what the characters have to say. Luck comes into it, but the story is made by them.
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There is no doubt in my mind Bill Cosby was a bad boy.
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Except that her joints ached and her head hurt and it tasted like a vorcha had shit in her mouth.
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That's the thing about business. Facts and numbers and results actually count. It's not just about words as it is in politics.
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The oldest of the arts and the youngest of the professions.
