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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In high school, I had a really difficult time just loving myself. It's weird; I feel like in the world we live in today, you're not supposed to be like, 'I'm beautiful,' like that's a conceited thing to say.
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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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What bothered me most about chick lit, frankly, was how the term was used to dismiss a huge chunk of the bookstore as silly, girlish prattle.
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I always joke about letting the haters motivate you. Everybody has that in their life, people who doubt them or make them feel less than they are. It just takes faith and belief in yourself, and you've got to dig deep into that. That has to come from you - nobody's going to give you that.
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I'm really keen to go back and do some theatre, but I can't afford to at the moment because we're getting married in September. And then I'm hoping to direct a film at the end of this year, and that means a year of your life without pay.
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In the Middle East in the summertime, to keep cool, a lot of people sleep on the rooftops.
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I remember being bullied at school, and I remember being cruel to other kids.
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Isn't there any other part of the matzo you can eat?
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Well, there are more writers of blogs right now than there are readers, so that's clearly a vanity phenomenon.
