Derek Bok Quotes
If we are prepared to invest the necessary time and effort, affirmative action can contribute to Harvard's quality and not detract from it.
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I didn't even know I could sing or write songs. I didn't have that education. But people shouldn't think they can look down on someone like me, because I've had the same success as others, sold the same amount of records, if not more. They shouldn't think that because I'm just from 'The X Factor,' I'm not credible or respected as much.
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I'm twitchy. I think I've got ADD. I find it hard to sit down. I need to be constantly challenged; otherwise, I get very... well, I guess 'bored' is the word.
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It's nice to have my mother as someone I can talk to about acting. My dad's a director, so when he comes to watch me on set, he think it's his set. He's always telling a production assistant, 'Can you get me five donuts?'
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Queens perhaps perform better in the role of monarch because they never take their position for granted. Many kings have failed because they believed that the public would love them whatever they did. Queens knew better.
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Ensuring that high quality water is provided to all Arizona's citizens is the responsibility of elected officials at all levels and I am happy to do all I can to assist the city's efforts.
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If you respect a language and culture, it shows in your work.
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When I was younger, I just put off the writing until later in the day, but now I write early every morning to get it done. I can only write for a few hours at a time; after that, my attention fades.
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Make sure that the people at the top are working together and there aren't divisions of labor. Don't have people working in silos; have them working across the team.
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Children don't really understand the concept of health. You can't give them an apple and say 'if you eat this you will be healthy when you're older' because they don't understand. You have to find a different way to motivate them.
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Japan is the largest creditor country in the world, so we have made contributions to the stability of international markets and we want this IMF meeting to confirm that we will continue to contribute.
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I write about real people in disguise. If anything, my characters are toned down-the truth is much more bizarre.
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I drink a gallon of water a day.
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If I get to wrapped up in how I have to be, or what I have to do, things gradually get worse and worse.
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The man who would forge to the front in this competitive age must be a man of prompt and determined decision.
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I said I didn't want to spend most of my life in Holidays Inns, but I've checked and they've all been redecorated. They're marvelous places to stay and I've thought it over and that's where I'd like to be.
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As weird as it is it to see yourself on screen, it made everything we've been through seem very real. And, well, London is only weeks away now.
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I love Baltimore and the people who call it home, and I sincerely believe that Maryland's biggest city must serve as the economic and cultural heart of our state.
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Banks are slowly but surely lending again, and never again will taxpayers foot the bill for Wall Street's excesses. In case we forgot, that was the change we believed in. That was the change we fought for. That was the change President Obama delivered.
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One of the things we tell ourselves as African-Americans is if we work hard, play by the rules, we do start back a little ways, but if we can be twice as good, somehow we can escape history and heritage and legacy.
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Losing my parents really set me adrift in more ways than one. It's not just losing them. It's losing the possibility of family.
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I'm not a frustrated concert composer, and the concert pieces I've done have been a small part of my work. What I've sought there is instruction, variation from the demands of film and relief from its restrictions.
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Every time a child says I don't believe in fairies there is a fairy somewhere that falls down dead.
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If we are prepared to invest the necessary time and effort, affirmative action can contribute to Harvard's quality and not detract from it.
