John T. Chambers Quotes
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I believe in the promise of America. Being a Cuban refugee, having come here when I was eight, I know that this is a shining city on the hill.
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Language is the most extraordinary invention in the history of humanity, the one which came before everything and which makes it possible to share everything.
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I just like music that I can relate to, something to listen to in my car.
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If you're only going to give away 50 percent of your wealth... c'mon. I'm going to do much more than that.
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We've got a strong group of Republicans who are conservatives who know that their jobs aren't finished when they finish their speech.
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Yeah, I lost court cases and misdemeanor juries, but of felony jury trials I was successful 105 of 106 times.
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It was cool to meet Cris Carter. That dude has some of the best hands to have played the game.
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I don't have a favorite author; I have favorite books. 'Moby Dick' is a favorite book, but Melville was a drunk who beat his wife. 'Moveable Feast' by Hemingway, but I would not like him personally. He was a stupid macho person who believed in shooting animals for fun, but that book was incredible!
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Like I said, I'm just trying to continue to improve and get better.
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Sometime early in life, I developed the notion - one which I have never relinquished - that writing a novel is the very finest thing a person can do.
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I'm not going to be bullied or pushed around by the group of the day. You've got to have political courage. You've got to have your own inner beliefs.
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Some may think fashion is frivolous, but the way I see it, when you dress well, you add beauty to the world. And there's nothing wrong with that, right?
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I thanked President Obama for the United States' work in supporting education in Pakistan and Afghanistan and for Syrian refugees.
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It's the group sound that's important, even when you're playing a solo.
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I can take any truth; just don't lie to me.
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I think that if you take somebody out of their comfort zone, they're going to dislike people because they're not liking themselves in a situation.
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Elephants have the largest brains of any mammal on the face of the Earth. They are creative, altruistic and kind.
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The energy released by it is enormous and it becomes quite addictive, the power between the audience and the actor.
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Most important of all, there is no right or wrong way to write - there's only what works for you. I was taught to write every day, but I know a writer (a bestseller at that!) who only writes on weekends.
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We often hear of a male director directing a great indie and immediately being offered the next huge comic book movie. Rarely, if ever, does this happen to a woman.
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In order to know about the illnesses of society, you have to know what men are suffering from, how they suffer.
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Any actor who is being honest will admit there's always a small or large part of the real you in every character. It's impossible not to have that.
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It could well be argued that the continuing rights abuses of the present Iraqi regime, if it is allowed to survive, will prove most distressing. This is beyond any doubt. But the West has been required to witness terrible scenes in China, Russia, Vietnam, East Timor, Cambodia, and many other parts of the world. It is simply not possible for the United States to impose humanity on a worldwide scale unless it is prepared to enter into permanent global war.
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You've got to really enable the next generation of start-ups.
