Walt Mossberg Quotes
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I feel like if I live the Christian life, then the people should be able to see it in my everyday actions.
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My concept of government's role in people's lives is that it is limited but legitimate, and essential when people have nowhere else to turn.
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I've had those people very interested in my writing. Since I think of myself as a composer, I feel really good. I've had lots of guys call me up. I've gotten two or three commissions to write things. I've written lots of movie scores.
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People always say I'm a legend, but I'm not. Not until I've defended my Olympic titles. That's when I've decided I'll be a legend.
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When I sing, people shut up.
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Some people really like to get into Twitter, but it's not my thing.
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We got government off the backs of the people of India, particularly off the backs of India's entrepreneurs. We introduced more competition, both internal competition and external competition. We simplified and rationalized the tax system. We made risk-taking much more attractive.
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I never seek controversy or foresee it for my pictures. I take a personal stand, and perhaps because my films are on contemporary subjects, people do not share my point of view.
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There's not a blueprint for me to follow.
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Most people figured I'd be in jail. I've been proving people wrong my whole life.
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I'm aware people will think I've had an easy way into a dream career. My view is, if anyone has opportunities, they'll take them. My surname opens doors, but those doors will slam firmly if I'm no good.
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I'm thankful I grew up the way I did. It made me a hard worker and insightful to other people's lives.
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You know, food is such - it's a hug for people.
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All my life, people have asked me what I was so mad about. 'Why you so mad?' And I was never mad. I'm not mad, I just look mad.
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Of course I could have retired anytime. But retiring would drive me crazy.
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You feel this pressure that people will take you more seriously if you play guitar, but I've decided I'm a singer and that's enough.
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I really enjoy taking care of people, and I was really ready to have a kid, so I didn't have to sacrifice anything that I didn't want to give up.
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My father realizes that he did okay with me. He did the best he could.
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This is the thing about hip-hop music and where people get it most misconstrued: It's all hip-hop. You can't say that just what I do is hip-hop, because hip-hop is all energies. James Brown can get on the track and mumble all day. But guess what? You felt his soul on those records.
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Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's self?
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I don't believe in alcohol. It's a sort of a medicinal necessity for the human condition, none of that stuff. I'm not a gambling man.
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Just do what you love. This is what I am doing.
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I grew up the son of a Seventh Day Adventist minister, so I was really close to the church and sang church music between sips at my bottle, you know? I sat on the piano bench next to my mother. She was the church organist, so that music is deeply inside of me.
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What could a smartphone do for me that would make people go out and buy another one?
