John Doerr Quotes
Well, there are more writers of blogs right now than there are readers, so that's clearly a vanity phenomenon.
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'ReadyMade''s first three issues dished out instructions for all sorts of kitschy crafts and odd projects: homemade wallets, Adirondack chairs, even taxidermy.
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When I was a kid, I thought I was the strongest man in the world. Then, the fastest runner and then the smartest person in the world. One by one my delusions got shut down. Now I just see myself as the lamest guy in the world.
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I feel fortunate that I'm able to play diverse roles. I don't think everybody in Hollywood gets the opportunity to do that.
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We shelter children for a time; we live side by side with men; and that is all. We owe them nothing, and are owed nothing. I think we owe our friends more, especially our female friends.
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Having money has given me a certain freedom, but being in the public eye has taken away a lot.
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Acting is the ability to dream on cue.
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I was once supposed to play the wind in a commercial - yes, the wind. I didn't get it.
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I hear poets complaining: 'We face what our forebears did not face. We face TV. We face radio. We face this and that.'
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An actor can change himself to fit a part, whereas a personality has to change the part to fit himself. The personality has to say it his own way.
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Make your work deeper and better than those before you, and eventually someone will notice. If you don't think the work is better than what you've seen, then go back until it is.
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To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.
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To speak specifically of our problem with the Muslim world, we are meandering into a genuine clash of civilizations, and we're deluding ourselves with euphemisms. We're talking about Islam being a religion of peace that's been hijacked by extremists. If ever there were a religion that's not a religion of peace, it is Islam.
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I date, don't get me wrong. I'm not up here filing my fingernails on a Friday night. I want to find someone to share my life with.
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Even Jimmy Carter can't be wrong all the time.
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I'm an inherently happy person. It comes from the inside, which means you can achieve happiness under any circumstance.
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I had hoped when my life was chronicled, it would be an inspirational story.
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We should learn to think with our fingers.
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Might the simple maxim, that honesty is the best policy be laid to heart! Might a sense of the true aims of life elevate the tone of politics and trade, till public and private honor become identical!
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I am a sportsman, and I hate politics.
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Choosing a spouse with religion in mind is not always a mistake, especially if your heritage and your faith are important parts of who you are. The trick is, as always, to recognize a good thing when you see it - and never mistake the bad for something more.
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Often devotion to virtue arises from sated desire.
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When we were making it Star Wars, none of the effects were in. So the first time, I thought it was, you know, that - I mean, we were surrounded by English crew members that could hardly keep themselves together. They were, "Here comes the guy in the dog suit." They made fun of us, which was OK. But the first time I was sitting in a theater, and I saw all the effects in, and the big ship flew over the audience, and the sound rumbled, I pretty much thought we were close to home.
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I work when I feel like I can do something that pleases me, that I think I can give a little more than I've given up to yesterday.
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Well, there are more writers of blogs right now than there are readers, so that's clearly a vanity phenomenon.
