Jacques Dubochet Quotes
I hate personal competition, and so each time in my career I came in a field where it was highly competitive, I gave up.
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All I came to Los Angeles with was a dream. No one from my family ever left Ohio.
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Since the moment I could hold a pencil, I have spent nearly all day every day writing. And there is not an age group that I have not written for. You can read me from birth 'til death.
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Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.
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When I was in the private sector, I found it immensely useful to go out and talk to customers and co-workers.
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Cultures and races are mixing in a very organic way in the world, and that should be reflected in film and television.
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I was living as a young single mom. I was 19 when I was divorced, and my daughter was a year old, and I waited tables here three to four nights a week for several years while I was trying to support myself and my daughter and the day I got that acceptance at Harvard Law School was an unforgettable day.
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Life isn't about quantity, it's about quality.
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The foundations and the intent of the Affordable Care Act are laudable. The way it's being implemented is a disaster.
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History's a resource.
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Any time you have an injury, it's going to be tough.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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And eventually as I kept writing it, something emerged that was not quite me but a version of me.
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Don't be afraid to convince yourself that your business is incredible, but don't expect others to be convinced without solid data to back it up. Ideas can be a worth a lot, but they are usually not. Execution is everything.
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Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.
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I think my best friend is dry shampoo and dry texturizer spray.
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I try to be upbeat. I read this book which tells you to write down everything that you're grateful for each day. Now I'm constantly noticing all the little things that make me joyful.
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What a pity human beings can't exchange problems. Everyone knows exactly how to solve the other fellow's.
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Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.
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Just because our political heroes were murdered does not mean that the dream does not still live, buried deep in our broken hearts.
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Flag-burning is plain wrong, and I'll stand up for free speech - even speech I don't like.
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The weaker we feel, the harder we lean. And the harder we lean, the stronger we grow spiritually, even while our bodies waste away.
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People sometimes ask who I would cast in my books and I never have any idea. I don't think I could ever write a book thinking of it as a movie the whole time. This would be like building a house and filling it with furniture just so you could have blueprints.
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I hate personal competition, and so each time in my career I came in a field where it was highly competitive, I gave up.
