George Gilder Quotes
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I was taught from a very early age that I had to work twice as hard to get half as much. That was the world I grew up in - a very strong work ethic.
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In vast parts of the world, people don't eat meat.
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His advice to me is basically to just love what you do and don't let the fear of failure stop you.
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Reconciliation is a decision that you take in your heart.
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When all are wrong, everyone is right.
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Can a moment of madness make up for an age of consent?
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I am blessed to have worked in big-budget films at an early stage of my career.
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Obstacles, of course, are developmentally necessary: they teach kids strategy, patience, critical thinking, resilience and resourcefulness.
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I know how to read people. When you grow up in a rough environment, you have to have a sixth sense.
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I like pencil skirts because they hug me in all the right places.
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I grew up on the edge of a national park in Canada - timberwolves, creeks, snow drifts.
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Even President Obama has not suggested he could get another country to pay for building a wall between Mexico and the United States.
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Factories not what they used to be - they're all extremely high-tech.
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Everything I've ever written, I had a very distinct vision of what I wanted it to look like. But, other directors never do it that way.
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I ran the Iditarod twice. I finished once. I came in 42nd or 43rd place out of 70 plus teams the first time, and I scratched 80 miles from Nome the second time. You can read about my experience in the race in my books 'Woodsong' and 'Winterdance.'
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All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.
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Mum is the girliest of them all, but she ended up with me, the tomboy.
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We don't have to look back at da Vinci's work and Albert Einstein's work and Mozart's work. We're actually living in the time period that David Lynch is creating his art. We're so lucky.
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I was a troublemaker. For a long time, I didn't fit in.
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I've danced one time in my life. It was the most mortifying experience I ever had.
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Obviously I've gone out of my way in my career to not look good, so it's always nice to, every once in a while, get the opposite going.
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I just can't do heels any more. At least not when I'm working. I travel a lot.
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Every morning I awake torn between a desire to save the world and an inclination to savor it. This makes it hard to plan the day. But if we forget to savor the world, what possible reason do we have for saving it? In a way, the savoring must come first.
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Quality is abundant. Time is the new scarcity.
