Brian J. White Quotes
I came out of my professional athlete career with a 450 credit score, no money in the bank to show for it, but I had an Ivy League degree. So I put that Dartmouth degree to good use and got a job on Wall Street. I hated it but used the time to make connections and become financially literate.
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My father passed away when I was very young, so I was head of household for a very long time. Whether it came to cooking food or having to braid hair to get kids out of the door for school, I've been one that has - with the help of my mother - has been a father figure for a lot of young ladies.
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When I look at the world I'm pessimistic, but when I look at people I am optimistic.
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I don't like to rate myself; others can do that.
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The battle in American politics used to be for the middle. Now, it's all about the building and the intensity of support on the far left and far right wings of both parties. And we have forgotten about the people here in the middle.
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When I'm in the studio, I don't finish the song and say, 'That's going to be a big ringtone.'
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One of the big things I've learned is that there's an advantage to regular low-intensity activity.
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I think it's the director's prerogative, not the studio's, to go back and reinvent a movie.
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There are some things I wish I never knew, but I am grateful for things that I have learned, too.
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The very success of medicine in a material way may now threaten the soul of medicine.
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I'm not an agent from any government, even if some of you may not believe it. I'm not. I'm a peacemaker.
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I never had crushes on anybody when I was younger; I really didn't.
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There is something uniquely American about the motel: It speaks to the transient nature of America itself, one enabled and encouraged by our roads and highways.
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Russia is an amazing country to be an entrepreneur.
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The words contained in it were inspired by the Holy Spirit into the minds of faithful men, called Prophets and Seers in the Old Testament; and Evangelists and Apostles in the New.
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The Constitution shall never be construed... to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms.
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I really had a problem with being 'the man.' I'm past it now, but that was my insecurity. I ran from that. I was cool with being No. 3 on the call sheet or No. 2.
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I would sooner read a time-table or a catalogue than nothing at all. They are much more entertaining than half the novels that are written.
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Love is so short, forgetting is so long.
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It was never a policy of the Kent team that the pitch must be occupied all day after winning the toss.
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The encryption genie is out of the bottle.
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It's funny to see a film in Spain with a lot of violence because we don't have a lot of violence. Well, of course, we have violence, some murders, some terrorism and a lot of things. We have suffered a dictatorship, and we talk about the civil war constantly.
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You win pennants in the off season when you build your teams with trades and free agents.
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I am in movies basically for the money, and frankly, I have a hard time believing those who say they act for the love of acting!
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I came out of my professional athlete career with a 450 credit score, no money in the bank to show for it, but I had an Ivy League degree. So I put that Dartmouth degree to good use and got a job on Wall Street. I hated it but used the time to make connections and become financially literate.
