John Badham Quotes
The personality problem is so tough when you're not able to pay people. It's bad enough when you can pay people, but, when you have people working for free, often their motivation is diminished considerably.
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Public office must not be a means to profit or become rich.
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Our message of a balanced budget amendment, term limits to end career politicians, and a real plan to keep America safe is resonating with voters.
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Both my parents were amateur badminton players. My father is a scientist and wanted me to be a doctor. But my mom was very aggressive and loved badminton. She pushed me right from the age of nine to take up the sport.
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No sensible author wants anything but praise.
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I'm half-black, half-white, so I basically put it like this: I can fit in anywhere. That's why I write so many stories from so many different perspectives, because I've seen so many.
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Every little action creates an effect: We are all interconnected.
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There's nothing that's in an actor's control. I've learned at this point you do things and you let them go. There's no way to control the outcome. The only thing I have any sort of reign over is my own experience.
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The Athanasian Creed is to me light and intelligible reading in comparison with much that now passes for science.
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The men and women of my generation are heirs to that great collective success which has been admired worldwide and of which we are so proud. It is now up to us to pass it on to the coming generations.
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I grew up thinking it was wonderful to be big and strong and to be able to knock down other children in the playground if I needed to. But I never felt the need.
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The majority of the time, they take air out of the football. I think that, for me, is a disadvantage.
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Tombs are the clothes of the dead and a grave is a plain suit; while an expensive monument is one with embroidery.
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How often do we see a Muslim woman who is intelligent and independent, and has a voice of her own and is career-driven, on American TV?
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I want to have an impact on my son.
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I told myself, 'I am teaching entrepreneurship, so I should be an entrepreneur myself.'
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I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles.
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A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past.
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There's no way to know the motives of another person totally, even a person that you know very well.
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Back in 1995, Bill Gates himself didn't understand that the internet was the direction computing was going.
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Spaniards are fun-loving people, and they love to dance to Punjabi songs for some reason. They didn't understand the language but enjoyed the beats.
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I guess in general, people tend to not eat the cute animals.
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It is not the fact of liberty but the way in which liberty is exercised that ultimately determines whether liberty itself survives.
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Don't worry," I repiled, "I usually don't argue with the voices.
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The personality problem is so tough when you're not able to pay people. It's bad enough when you can pay people, but, when you have people working for free, often their motivation is diminished considerably.
