John W. Gardner Quotes
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As someone who is in awe and grateful every day to be in a country where freedom of the press, free speech and free elections are a way of life, I am wowed, amazed and excited by the opportunity to moderate a 2012 presidential debate.
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I hate competition.
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Uchimura is the greatest of all time.
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What I always say to people is dress from the feet up. If you don't normally wear colour, try some colour on your feet; it's the place, I think you can have fun and update your outfit.
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When you go to jail, there's so much simple stuff missing. You just want some good toilet paper or a real toothbrush, a real blanket and a real bed to lay in.
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Animals can adapt to problems and make inventions, but often no faster than natural selection can do its work - the world acts as its own simulator in the case of natural selection.
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I think that anything that has privileges have responsibility and all people that is clear about their responsibility has compromise.
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When you're growing up, you realize you've got a lot of heavy things on your shoulders.
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The last day of your life is still going to be a day.
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I love being called NTR's grandson. I never moved away from his shadow, maybe because I didn't try enough or maybe because I like it this way.
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Ricky Gervais is a genius.
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In Romania, we have pledged to create a modern public service: well-educated, appropriately rewarded and above all, de-politicized.
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I took an improv class in 2005 in Chicago at ComedySportz, which was short-form, more of a games-based improv. I remember it being real fun and helping with my stand-up. If I did an improv class, and then I did stand-up later, I felt looser on stage and more comfortable.
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To me, it is one world, and the non-human animals bear the brunt of oppression and suffering.
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Well, the stuff that has become more commercial doesn't have any edge.
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I wasn't a great background singer.
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I have learned so much from Nelson Mandela, and he has been my leader. He is a perpetual inspiration for me and millions of others around the world.
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Consciously picking the right script after a long period of wait helped me grab a perfect film in the rom-com genre.
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'Iron can destroy anything: families, fortunes, governments,whole countries. It's the most powerful stuff in the universe.''Oh?' Orry's skeptical glance fell down on the Plain below. 'You really think it's more powerful than a big army?''Without weapons - without this - there are no big armies.'
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I remember moving out to L.A. straight after college and just starting to try to write scripts and trying to get stuff off the ground.
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We have such an energetic live show. We have so much fun onstage. We swap instruments. We might possibly be the sweatiest band in the business.
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It doesn't matter that I didn't win a trophy because I did it my way and I lived the dream.
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All laws are an attempt to domesticate the natural ferocity of the species.
