Bob McNair Quotes
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We are poor, feeble, and blind mortals when the eye of the Almighty looks through all worlds and by his power executes all things aright, and by his grace, he makes us all rich in Heavenly Gifts. In distress and in bereavements, we can look only to him. From mortals like ourselves we can derive no help.
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Where having been an actor was extremely helpful to me was in casting. That's where I think a director who has acted can really shine, and casting is the most important thing you do.
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I didn't care what, how much adversity life threw at me. I intended to get to the top.
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At the end of the day, I'd love to see children stop begging their parents to go to the circus. That's what would make me most happy.
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People perceive games as being for kids, and I think that perception is going to change. Time is going to take care of that. I mean, we've already won. Games have won; it's inevitable.
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There was a time for German stars in the 1950s with Curt Jurgens, Hardy Kruger, O. W. Fischer, and Maria Schell. That was a totally different generation. It all ended in 1968 during the big students' movement in my country. It was an anti-authority movement that changed everything. All my country's hierarchies, morals and values were questioned.
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To like an individual because he's black is just as insulting as to dislike him because he isn't white.
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Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to problem solve in an uncertain environment.
Garry Kasparov -
I went to a lot of college camps when I was younger... You just admire those players because they're at a higher level than you at that time.
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The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.
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No one's ever happy with their position in Hollywood. You hear that from people you'd never dream would complain.
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A man notices a woman's figure when she walks in a room. Women have eight million words for blue; a man says dark blue or light blue.
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When someone has the desire to go to school and has the ability but can't get into our schools, that's wrong. Education drives the economy and the quality of life.
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Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.
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In a small space, you want to keep the bedding as simple as possible so it looks clean, calm and collected.
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Looking back... it's hard to understand what all the fuss was about as things changed in just a few years. When you look at all the things that have happened in the world, it seems very small.
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When I'm on Faro, I'm never lonely.
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That's what the sari is about. Everything is covered, yet a peep of an ankle can be a turn on for men.
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There was a sadness over me, a melancholy. That's always been a part of me – those are some of the things that lead you to the arts.
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First need in the reform of hospital management? That's easy! The death of all dietitians, and the resurrection of a French chef.
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All things are made of atoms - little particles that move around in perpetual motion, attracting each other when they are a little distance apart, but repelling upon being squeezed into one another. In that one sentence, you will see, there is an enormous amount of information about the world, if just a little imagination and thinking are applied.
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I really just want to go to a team that really wants me and wants to use me the right way and make me successful.
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I think the more open-minded people we have - like casting directors and producers - the better things are going to be.
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I thought I was in a better position to get a team than anyone else in Houston.
