Bob Woodward Quotes
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Fear is the dark room where the Devil develops his negatives.
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My father was a factory worker, and we were really poor. But everything I earned peddling papers and working in stores, he made me put aside for education.
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I always said there's no way I'd work in America because I'm too weird and I'm too old, but somehow it's happened.
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I think it's time we all agree that gender stereotypes are simply the confabulation of our own mind.
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My role models are people who can do things; I say to myself, 'I wish I could do that.'
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In my next life, I want to be a housecat. Naps all the time!
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Even a genius cannot completely resist his Zeitgeist, the spirit of his time.
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Reason cannot calm the storm of emotion, and emotion usually wins, until it settles down and allows reason to rise again and apologize on behalf of it.
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I used to be very photogenic. My brother took a lot of pictures of me in Dubai. I thought maybe I could be a movie star. There was a hurdle, though - I didn't know anything about films.
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There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
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I think you could find some waves on the west side of Denmark, but I never tried it.
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Ruby inherited the Perl philosophy of having more than one way to do the same thing. I inherited that philosophy from Larry Wall, who is my hero actually. I want to make Ruby users free. I want to give them the freedom to choose.
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All the old great companies were run by guys who knew what an animator meant, and guys who knew how to draw. All the companies today are run by executives.
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I happen to dig being able to use whatever mystique I have to further the idea of peace.
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No matter where you are from, no matter what your background is, no matter what your socioeconomic status is, every person can achieve his or her dreams.
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Yes, it's absolutely true that anything worth doing is worth doing poorly - until you can learn to do it well.
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I want to be the first person to laugh at myself. It makes other people feel at ease - we're all on an even playing field.
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I think there's nothing that can drive you more than a huge dream or a huge challenge.
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I just want to play for Hindus and Muslims that sit together. That's all I want to do.
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When I'm dead I don't want a funeral. I want people to remember me alive.
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I guess they still show the movie in school, so around the time of movie showing, my Facebook inbox and my Instagram DM is flooded. "Are you the Quindon Tarver from the movie Romeo + Juliet? Oh my god, you did a great job."
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You have to play the logic of a character.
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Great people do things before they're ready. They do things before they know they can do it. Doing what you're afraid of, getting out of your comfort zone, taking risks like that - that is what life is. You might be really good. You might find out something about yourself that's really special and if you're not good, who cares? You tried something. Now you know something about yourself.
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All good work is done in defiance of management.
