Bob Harper Quotes
It just kills me when people buy a dog when there are dogs in shelters. I still get emotional when I think of Karl sitting in that shelter. I wasn't looking. I didn't even think I had time for a dog, and then I met this little one and he needed help. It's been so amazing to see him transform into a happy and confident companion.
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To be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is a virtue so rare as to be worthy of canonization.
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Pakistan is not a rogue state, but it harbours and covertly supports rogue elements. While war is not the answer, hard or coercive diplomacy could be.
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We believe in some basic human principles - everyone should have the opportunities not just to survive, but to excel with their God-given talents and abilities. Those are the values that should be reflected in our budgets.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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I have this first album that sells more than 100,000 copies in its first week, debuts at number two, goes gold, the single goes platinum, we're doing Madison Square Garden.
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I feel fine about getting older because I'm in good shape. I'm 64 and I feel good.
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I don't think being a writer who is religious means you have to write about nothing but religion. When I do write about religion, it's to inform the story, not to push a certain agenda.
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I think there's no higher calling in terms of a career than public service, which is a chance to make a difference in people's lives and improve the world.
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I've never been to New Zealand before. But one of my role models, Xena, the warrior princess, comes from there.
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I'm more comfortable writing traditional protagonists. But 'Steve Jobs' and 'The Social Network' have antiheroes. I like to write antiheroes as if they're making their case to God about why they should be allowed into heaven. I have to find something in that character that is like me and write to that.
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We never broke up. As long as I'm living and as long as Chuck D is living, Public Enemy is always going to be alive.
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The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.
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Everyone dreams of living in Paris.
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My experience has offered me the sensibility that encourages me to try newer characters.
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I can't think of any more powerful moment than when you stand on a stage.
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I do want people to see me as a well-rounded actress, not just someone who plays in 'Turtle' movies.
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People want you to fail.
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That's the miracle of fiction. I use it to spray on certain moments or places from my youth.
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Sneakers are not my thing.
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That's what a good crime novelist - any good novelist - should do with you: play with your perceptions while showing you everything in plain sight.
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It's easier to be responsible for the decisions that you've made yourself than for the ones that other people have made for you.
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Before 2000, we were unable to design a single car; all the cars were designed in Japan, Europe or somewhere else. We were just converting.
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It just kills me when people buy a dog when there are dogs in shelters. I still get emotional when I think of Karl sitting in that shelter. I wasn't looking. I didn't even think I had time for a dog, and then I met this little one and he needed help. It's been so amazing to see him transform into a happy and confident companion.
