John W. Gardner Quotes
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I went to Floridita on Wardour Street when I was 18. All I could afford was pumpkin soup and a glass of champagne, but it was worth it.
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Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.
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Some of our best journalists take themselves even more seriously than the politicians they write about.
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When I got drafted by Minnesota, and I think I said this a couple weeks ago, I think I felt obligated to bring a Super Bowl to Minnesota.
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Tech companies tend to do tech best.
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In the calculus of western interests, there is no suffering, whatever its scale, which cannot be justified. Chechens, Palestinians, Iraqis, Afghans, Pakistanis are of little importance.
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Obviously, local elections are where you can make the most difference, but it's great when everyone starts talking about what they believe in.
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I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.
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I just feel energized when I am around young, talented people. There is something about these kids that's amazing. I learn as much from them as they do from me.
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I love the Cannes Film Festival. From the lavish parties and events to the red carpet attire, this star-studded week-long event is where I get a lot of inspiration for hair and fashion.
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I was born in Bournemouth, England, in 1943.
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Charity is very difficult to do right. Thinking through what people need: You can't start a charity without that. It's like starting a business without the product.
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I never wanted to do TV. I just did what I was trained to do through the Special Forces, and I've been doing that from a very young age.
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For most of my 20s, I looked like I was 12. Now that I'm pushing 40, I guess I look closer to... 15? It must be my macrobiotic diet. Oh, wait, except that I don't have one of those.
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If we had to pose for every single person at the Eat & Greets, we wouldn't get to speak to anyone that's there, and we definitely wouldn't get to serve them food.
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The thing done avails, and not what is said about it. An original sentence, a step forward, is worth more than all the censures.
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How tell what remains ? But it’s the end. Or have I been dreaming, am I dreaming? No no, none of that, for dream is nothing, a joke, and significant what is worse.
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Pleasure and love are the pinions of great deeds.
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With music, there's a conversation happening. You're hearing what's going on right now, with people's emotional states, in a communal way, and listening to that is really - it's both informative and so generous. It's like emotional news.
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A useful analogy is to see traditional societies as relying on instantaneous (or minimally delayed) and constantly replenished solar income, while modern civilization is withdrawing accumulated solar capital at rates that will exhaust it in a tiny fraction of the time that was needed to create it.
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Nobody's all good or bad, and nobody's all light or dark. Every human being has so many different aspects and facets to them. And there can be something noble and something really dark and dangerous going on in a person all at the same time.
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Character is just another word for having a perfectly disciplined and educated will. A person can make his own character by blending these elements with an intense desire to achieve excellence. Everyone is different in what I will call magnitude, but the capacity to achieve character is still the same.
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The only way to get out of mediocrity is to keep shooting for excellence.
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Whoever I am, or whatever I am doing, some kind of excellence is within my reach.
