Douglas Tompkins Quotes
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That's what everybody calls me, 'Cheat Code,' because they just throw the ball up to me.
Calvin Johnson -
I grew up poor in India, and there were days when we struggled to find food and other basic necessities. Our mother worked odds and ends jobs to keep the family together and educate us.
Naveen Jain -
Loser lit antiheroes aren't well intentioned or earnest; they don't care whether you like them or not. They're self-mocking, ironic and inventive; they narrate their downfalls with manic wordplay, rampant metaphors, wisecracks, and escalating flights of spleen-fueled lyricism.
Kate Christensen -
I went to college, though I didn't take many writing courses.
Walter Jon Williams -
You can't judge your characters or otherwise; it's not about you, it's about them.
Edgar Ramirez -
I'm very conscious of Miguel Cotto's career... I need to do my part on that night to have victory and create my own legacy in this sport of boxing.
Canelo Alvarez
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As a child in the rural district of Penal I remember sharing meals from the same pot with neighbours of different racial, ethnic, social and economic backgrounds.
Kamla Persad-Bissessar -
I used to trip over my legs and get detention for my too-short shorts because none fit. I still trip, but now I like to show them off.
Maggie Grace -
Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
Nas -
When Bob Wilson left the BBC for ITV, I got the 'Football Focus' job, and it went from there. It came completely out of the blue, but the fact I had a high profile certainly helped.
Gary Lineker -
Certain subjects may no longer be taboo in cinema. But there are ways to treat them that still create shock.
Park Chan-wook -
It's important to have masculine energy around your child.
Samantha Morton
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Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it.
Omar N. Bradley -
I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
Jack Antonoff Fun. -
It might be useful to distinguish between pleasure and joy. But maybe everybody does this very easily, all the time, and only I am confused.
Zadie Smith -
A society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably be unendurable.
H. L. Mencken -
Abstaining is favorable both to the head and the pocket.
W. C. Fields -
I left my mark on 'Dark Shadows.' One day I was doing my lines perfectly from Act 3. Everyone else was doing Act 2.
Kate Jackson
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When I was doing music videos, everybody was very snobbish about music video directors doing commercials. It was all guys from ad agencies.
David Slade -
It's about communication. It's about honesty. It's about treating people in the organization as deserving to know the facts. You don't try to give them half the story. You don't try to hide the story. You treat them as - as true equals, and you communicate and you communicate and communicate.
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. -
My stories are not Christianized at all. I don't even have any Christians in my stories. What they are, are stories about ordinary people going through extraordinary circumstances in which I'm exploring truth. How light overcomes darkness in a way that's unmistakable to anyone who has any kind of faith.
Ted Dekker -
The stadiums are like none I've ever seen. I think there must have been some strong competition nationally between Korea and Japan to make the best facilities because they are very well designed.
Lamar Hunt -
India is known for its sobriety and wisdom, balanced and sensible thinking. We need strong institutions and we need good governance in the country.
Pratibha Patil -
I feel a strong bond with Chile and Argentina.
Douglas Tompkins