Bonnie Hammer Quotes
When I was a young executive, I was always nervous that my idea wouldn't be great. So I asked around, 'What do you think of this?' That became my filter for whether my idea was good enough. Then I realized it just plain made me smarter.
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When I was on 'Trauma,' the first order was six, which turned to 12, and then there were rumors of getting cancelled. I'm used to that.
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I think it is important to ask ourselves as citizens, not as Democrats attacking the administration, but as citizens, whether a world power can really provide global leadership on the basis of fear and anxiety?
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I think my numbers speak for themselves.
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Religion is everywhere. There are no human societies without it, whether they acknowledge it as a religion or not.
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What we ask of the developed countries is to let the Third World find a third way.
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A teacher should have a creative mind.
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I like to have fun, but I don't think of myself as being funny. But I'm a big jokester, so I make fun of myself a lot!
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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Waste no time with revolutions that do not remove the causes of your complaints but simply change the faces of those in charge.
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I've been a closet lover of faux-reality TV since 'The Hills'. It's bad.
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You have to really prove yourself to young people, and if your answer is clear and consistent and loving - even if it's angry and disappointed - what's important is that you're being real and honest and not going anywhere.
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It was never about winning medals or being famous.
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I used to be a dancer, and for me it was a really good combination of dance and acting.
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Our deals and performance speak for themselves. And whoever doesn't feel comfortable investing with us will not.
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At times, training at home is a distraction, so training in Big Bear was a really good change.
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In the Philippines, the host should always be willing to defer to the wishes of the guest.
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Women are builders of civil society. We are the ones who are going to build it. You know why? We have no choice. Either you shut up, and you are humiliated, or you do what I'm doing. You scream.
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We must expect to fail... but fail in a learning posture, determined no to repeat the mistakes, and to maximize the benefits from what is learned in the process.
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It's very important that children learn to use technology - it's part of life - but also that they learn when to put it down.
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You know, I have seven children, so I guess I know some things about life.
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The one great exception to the apathy on reunification is, naturally enough, Berlin. Encircled by the hostile Soviet Zone for ten years, at times blockaded and constantly at the Russians' mercy, Berliners are committed to this one goal with a unique urgency.
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I thought Obama ran the best campaign I have ever known - disciplined, well organised, very, very good. I was very impressed.
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There's a particular style that is very Peru that you don't see anywhere else; it's got so many different imprints. When you mix Incan minimalism with the heavy, ornate Spanish Baroque, it is very interesting.
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When I was a young executive, I was always nervous that my idea wouldn't be great. So I asked around, 'What do you think of this?' That became my filter for whether my idea was good enough. Then I realized it just plain made me smarter.
