Phil Klay Quotes
I think that just because you've been through an experience doesn't make you the ultimate arbiter of what it means. We figure things out; we work things out through the help of other people who can engage with us but also be intelligently critical.
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No man ever quite believes in any other man. One may believe in an idea absolutely, but not in a man.
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If you come to my house, you won't see a wall of trophies or things like that. I'm sort of 'on to the next thing' all the time.
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I was in graduate school. I had a birth control accident and went to get the morning after pill.
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If you're a good choice maker, you can choose the best emotional responses and choose the best new life paths, forward and upward.
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You should only have so many accessories. You have to make sure you have the right ones at the right time.
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I've never met a woman who thinks they've got a good enough figure - however perfect they look - which is sad, because no one else can see these perceived flaws; they're entirely internal.
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Jagdish Singh was my basic coach, and he trained me from my very early days in boxing, teaching me the fundamentals of the sport. He was the one who shaped me into a boxer, disciplined me when I required disciplining.
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I can't go into a mob scene and sense the mood and the attitude of the crowd. I can't conduct man-on-the-street interviews or even get reactions that I can be sure are honest, because they know who I am.
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What's going on in the inside shows on the outside.
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To the soldier, luck is merely another word for skill.
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With a film, you just don't have time to build sympathy for the character. But I think we're moving away from that in TV. With TV, you have a little more leeway to allow them to rise and fall and rise again and be much more complicated beings.
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Actually, I bought one share of Warren Buffett's stock, probably 35 years ago, in order to read his letters.
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A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets.
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It kills me to lose. If I'm a troublemaker, and I don't think that my temper makes me one, then it's because I can't stand losing. That's the way I am about winning, all I ever wanted to do was finish first.
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How can you think and hit at the same time?
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I'm not a god - I do bad things.
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Obviously, you always hope you're going to get on with people you work with.
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When I was 11, I decided to start rapping, playing guitar, and writing songs. Everything really blossomed from there.
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You don't think about anything because you just try to playevery game, every point. If you get some chance, you try to take this chance.
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A lot of people meet me and they're like, 'Why aren't you crazy?'
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I've changed Sydney. It's my city, my people. I'm theirs. We belong to each other.
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And if there's anything movies can do in a way that I just love, and I love as an audience is, 'Show me something I don't know about. Show me something I haven't seen.'
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Old money in Southeast Asia is much more discrete and low key. It's about not wearing brand names. It's about being invisible, almost. The billionaire can be taking the bus with you.
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I think that just because you've been through an experience doesn't make you the ultimate arbiter of what it means. We figure things out; we work things out through the help of other people who can engage with us but also be intelligently critical.
