John Gokongwei Quotes
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Some reporter called me 'the angriest gay man in the world' or some such. Well, it stuck, but I realized it was very useful.
Larry Kramer -
I started as a teenager going up on commercials.
Fran Drescher -
I try to choose the projects that I think are the most well-written and well-executed, and the rest of it is so beyond my control to be almost not worth thinking about at all.
Jack Davenport -
We never see ourselves as others see us.
Oliver Hardy -
I lay in the bed at the hospital and said, 'let's see what I have left.' And I could see, I could speak, I could think, I could read. I simply tabulated my blessings, and that gave me a start.
Dale Evans -
Being right half the time beats being half-right all the time.
Malcolm Forbes
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I have always believed that what goes around comes around.
Rajeev Shukla -
We are passing through a very sensitive time, and on the whole, this country is facing very big problems.
Naguib Mahfouz -
A friend told me about a Nike competition, where they give you one minute to do tricks with a basketball. I wasn't going to go, but they were giving away free sneakers. I ended up coming in second place.
Ramon Rodriguez -
I love the idea that movies, like 'Fast Times,' can be iconic and change people's lives in little, tiny ways.
Taylor Negron -
Without a trace of irony I can say I have been blessed with brilliant enemies. I owe them a great debt, because they redoubled my energies and drove me in new directions.
E. O. Wilson -
I had the misfortune of being born in a horrendous situation.
Ralph Baer
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Partisanship is not necessarily a bad thing. It leads to new leadership and new opportunities.
Gary Herbert -
Historians tell the story of the past, novelists the story of the present.
Edmond de Goncourt -
The sad thing is, I never wanted to be Princess Leia - I always wanted to be Han Solo!
Katee Sackhoff -
I had to read it out to my sister, who was witness to my early dark days, when my mother was afraid what would happen to me. But, I knew I couldn't read without choking up, so I asked Gautami to read it out for me.
Kamal Haasan -
I believe that we must always be mindful of this one thing, whatever the trials and the tests ahead. The ultimate strength of our country and our cause will lie not in powerful weapons or infinite resources or boundless wealth, but will lie in the unity of our people.
Lyndon B. Johnson -
There is not the slightest indication that nuclear energy will ever be obtainable. It would mean that the atom would have to be shattered at will.
Albert Einstein
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Being home schooled is awesome because you can make your own schedule, so as far as time management, it's up to you how much you get done and when you get it done. It's all got to get done; how you do it is up to you.
Jason Dolley -
Sometimes when you sing someone else's song over and over again or songs that have been given to you, you're afraid to go out there and write one yourself.
Dinah Jane Fifth Harmony -
It's not in the interest of the artist to think of his market.
Chris Van Allsburg -
Believing that all has been ordained by God can lead to fatalism, but fatalism is not the same thing as belief. It's a cheat: an abdication of responsibility.
Camilla Gibb -
I knew I could make it in Cebu, but I never thought I could make it in Manila.
John Gokongwei