Marvin J. Ashton Quotes
Set your goals-without goals you cannot measure your progress. But don’t become frustrated because there are no obvious victories. Remind yourself that striving can be more important than arriving.
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also no less invalidated by the marriage of his friends.
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Language as a communication tool is the primary element from which literature is created. Even in pre-literate societies, it exists as songs, riddles, or epics that are chanted.
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When something is at risk or in danger or about to be lost, those are the moments you start to realize how much it means to you.
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I often tell people when you make a mistake, you not only hurt yourself, but you hurt the ones that love you.
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I do try very hard to develop themes that are easily understood and that, hopefully, will paint vivid images of the legal principles and implications of the ruling that will stick in the Justices' heads and will help influence how they think about the case.
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One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.
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For me, it's very offensive when I notice that it's all about my appearance, how I look, that a man doesn't care who I am.
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When you're buying paintings, it feels grown up.
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I have always compared our traditions of liberty, like those of Abraham Lincoln and Ho Chi Minh.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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I DJ'd for years. I DJ'd in high school, and I think my parents thought it was a passing thing. And then when I was in my second year of college, I was like, 'Yeah, you guys don't need to send me money anymore. My DJ gigs are good enough. I'm selling music; I think I'm gonna have a record deal. I can pay my tuition.'
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While he was president, it was popular to be a Nixon hater.
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This is God's world, not Satan's. Christians are the lawful heirs, not non-Christians.
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I'm a darned good listener.
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A movie and a stage show are two entirely different things. A picture, you can do anything you want. Change it, cut out a scene, put in a scene, take a scene out. They don't do that on stage.
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We provide business advice and guidance. We started it here in India first, and now we have taken it globally. India was the first for startup incubation in the world for us.
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Let's just say that I have a tendency if I am uncomfortable in a situation to speak my mind.
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The thinnest I've ever been was after I had my appendix out, during the London run of The Seagull. I went down to 112 pounds and realized my brain doesn't work when I'm that thin, so I can't do my job. That's why, when I came out here, I never had that whole Hollywood pressure thing.
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My father was a banker, but he was an independent spirit. He was a very good pianist and very much into music.
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The most obvious drawback of social media is that they are aggressive distractions.
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The book came after the fall of the Taliban, it says something about Afghan family life. Those kind of stories - what happens behind the scenes on a TV screen - are important.
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I talk about my team a lot. I feel like people are the most important part of the puzzle.
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Set your goals-without goals you cannot measure your progress. But don’t become frustrated because there are no obvious victories. Remind yourself that striving can be more important than arriving.
