Preston Manning Quotes
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In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.
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I think of New Yorkers as not taking the time to talk to someone they don't know.
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I've never gotten thick skin. If you close yourself off and you get this protective armor, there is a price you pay with that - of not feeling. And feeling is important when you are a songwriter.
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The Catholic Church was the church of the colonial fascist regime.
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It's not just the actor in front of the camera. And it's important to have respect for all those people that work behind the camera.
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Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.
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We recognized in 1996 that, with progress in the field of genetics accelerating at a breathtaking pace, we need to ensure that advances in treatment and prevention of disease do not constitute a new basis for discrimination.
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Well I do think, when there are more women, that the tone of the conversation changes, and also the goals of the conversation change. But it doesn't mean that the whole world would be a lot better if it were totally run by women. If you think that, you've forgotten high school.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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I think I've learned the difference between the things I can control and the things I can't control. And hopefully, by doing the things I can control well, I'll have more favor in the other category.
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For many, the hijab represents modesty, piety and devotion to God, and I truly respect that. But the hijab should not be used as a means of applying social pressure on people.
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The grandchildren should not bear the debts of the grandparents.
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Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.
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I have always been a coward as a child. I am not very brave. I am very aware of the fact that I am not very gutsy.
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It seems that no two people came to this specialized area of work via the exact same route.
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At one point, I had 14 pairs of golf shoes.
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Man, I have had so much plastic surgery, I don't even recognize myself, sometimes. If I catch a glimpse in a window or something, I think it is someone else.
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The core of my personality consists of many selves.
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That's the reality of my life - I do normal things and then get to go to film festivals and wear borrowed clothes and turn up at premieres and talk about things I am passionate about. But then you click back to normality and your family and friends.
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When I did have some success, it further emboldens you to be like, 'No, I'm just going to write what I feel I should write.'
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I look for something that can challenge me or makes me ever so slightly afraid - fearful of how I am going to approach it - then I'll go for it. If the project appears linear or predictable, then I'll usually give it a miss. Anything that involves me being stretched as an actor, I go for.
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It's the company itself, but most of these mutual fund companies, the guy who runs the company is just a fact totem and the guy who runs the money is the power. But we really don't know who they are.
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The truth of the matter is that chess is not the game of life because life does not ever happen the way you strategize and plan.
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In many respects, my best friends were dogs.
