Bobby Short Quotes
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When France was the only reference for chefs to learn, you could go everywhere in the world, and they would copy dishes directly because they didn't have much expanded imagination or technique or knowledge.
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Fiji had experienced the ordeal of two military coups.
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I know how to make the difference. When I make the difference, I often do it at the end of the match, and that shows that I am fresh.
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After I win a match, I celebrate it by having an ice cream.
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Elves have this superhuman strength, yet they're so graceful. Tolkien created them to be angelic spirits, but I also saw Legolas as something out of the Seven Samurai.
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The search for the truth is not for the faint hearted.
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Because women have been marginalised, they're more likely to behave like immigrants and continue to push themselves forward in order to avoid falling through the cracks, but I don't think a happy ending comes from matriarchy.
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It is not enough just to wish well; we must also do well.
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If I were governor, and a bill came to my desk that provided for background checks at gun shows, I would sign that.
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When you look at the stars and the galaxy, you feel that you are not just from any particular piece of land, but from the solar system.
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Wait long enough, and people will surprise and impress you.
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Working with so many people from all over the world is extremely enriching and stimulating.
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I don't listen to my old stuff very often at all.
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Public hangings are teaching moments. Every company has to do it. A teaching moment is worth a thousand CEO speeches. CEOs can talk and blab each day about culture, but the employees all know who the jerks are. They could name the jerks for you. It's just cultural. People just don't want to do it.
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Almost all Iraqis with any previous experience in the intelligence business are Sunni Arab, increasing the risk of penetration of the new intelligence apparatus by the insurgency.
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South Dakota is a great state because of its values, not because of dependence on government.
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I think the whole concept that women aren't funny is dead. It's over; it's done.
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My size is a huge part of me. You just have to appreciate those kinds of things. So I wasn't born with long legs - who cares. You just have to embrace it. Being body positive is really important to your overall happiness.
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It's very lucky to be able to do a job where I get to sit about writing plays all day and going to the theatre. The downside, I suppose, is that you put it out there, and people are invited to like it or loathe it.
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When you rest on your laurels is right when you have the risk. It exists for every company, no matter how big.
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I believe that everyone has some huge talent in them; the really lucky ones discover what it is.
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For a while, I was saying 'no' way too often. I turned down 'An Officer and A Gentleman,' 'Splash' and 'Midnight Express.' I could name you tons more. I would go off and experience life instead of working - I was learning to fly jets, went on an African safari, sailed the Caribbean - which wasn't necessarily bad.
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When you do music concerts at Taj Mahal and the Acropolis, you have to be careful about your performance being appropriate with the place that surrounds you. It has to be appropriate to the culture - it should fit the building behind you, the environment you are playing it in and the culture of that place.
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But life is tough and if you're creative, it's tougher.
