Mattie Stepanek Quotes
Expressing my feelings and then the opportunity to share it with others is just such a gift.
Quotes to Explore
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As you grow older, your whole life becomes very rich, multifaceted.
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We in the Middle East like to talk politics, we like to argue. Just look at the three prophets - Moses, Jesus and Mohammad. They are all from this small region which creates problems all the time.
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The first wave of the Internet was really about data transport. And we didn't worry much about how much power we were consuming, how much cooling requirements were needed in the data centers, how big the data center is in terms of real estate. Those were almost afterthoughts.
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The first girl you go to bed with is always pretty.
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I haven't reported my missing credit card to the police because whoever stole it is spending less than my wife.
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Some might consider me an unlikely advocate for gun rights because I sustained terrible injuries in a violent shooting. But I'm a patriot, and I believe the right to bear arms is a definitive part of our American heritage.
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I wasn't a social butterfly at all.
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Even a fool knows you can't touch the stars, but it won't keep the wise from trying.
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It's true that I love to connect with my fans on the social networking sites, but I try not to go overboard, ever. I just give people a peek into my mind space, but never bombard them with my tweets.
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In a democracy, you don't need anyone's permission to form a new political party, publish a politically charged article, or organize a 'tea party.' And in open markets, individuals are free to buy and invest as they see fit.
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Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives.
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I have a weird vision of relationships because my parents have known each other since second grade, and they got married right out of college.
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My childhood did not prepare me for the fact that the world is full of cruel and bitter things.
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Billy Wilder is really is a heavy influence on Bound. We felt that film noir was a genre where you could create a really contained story. We wanted to be on a set as much as we could to get the kind of style level we were looking for.
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I believe the classified section of a newspaper - especially the 'Business Opportunities' column - can tell you more about your city 'business-wise' than any other publication.
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My social circle, my best friends, are all people that I met at UCB.
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For 'Iron Man' I had to improv with Robert Downey Jr., which is like going up against LeBron in basketball. At one point he stopped and said, 'Can we give a round of applause to Olivia, because she's rocking it right now.'
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When you do a cartoon based on news headlines, you do it based on incomplete information.
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As an actor, there is always an opportunity to learn from the other actors you work with.
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It is enough to be responsible for ensuring that our people have the opportunity to graze in the rich grass of God's nutritious word. Beyond that, we must trust the word to take it's effect. It will work faster in some people than in others. the spiritual body grows and metabolizes food at different rates much like the natural body does.
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The world we live in pictures a pie with only so many pieces, and if other people have more you have less, and you have to compete with other people in order to try to get ahead. You have to sell yourself at every available opportunity. The shift, the enlightened shift, has to do with a movement from competition to collaboration, from sales to service, from ambition to inspiration, and to a belief in scarcity to a belief in abundance as an eternal spiritual quality.
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Public school was never in business to produce Thoreau. It is in business to produce a man like Richard Nixon and, even more, a population like the one which could elect him.
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Expressing my feelings and then the opportunity to share it with others is just such a gift.
