George Gilder Quotes
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The most important thing to strive for in life is some kind of personal and professional achievement. Not as a man or a woman, but as a person.
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You have to dream before your dreams can come true.
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I played small forward on the basketball team. I also ran the 300 hurdles.
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I've never worked in politics, never been a member of an official committee or a political party.
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I was from a tough neighborhood, and we didn't have a lot of money, but my dad worked hard, and my mom is good at budgeting things. That made me appreciate things.
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I spent my whole teenage life trying to get to London and go to dance school, but when I got there, I couldn't wait to get to the clubs on weekends. I knew I wanted to make music.
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It was my father who taught us that an immigrant must work twice as hard as anybody else, that he must never give up.
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I know I've got a degree. Why does that mean I have to spend my life with intellectuals? I've got a lifesaving certificate but I don't spend my evenings diving for a rubber brick with my pyjamas on.
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I keep my house tidy, because then I can think clearly. I feel the same about myself. Presenting yourself well is a working-class thing - my dad was a printer, but he wore a tie most days. The ungroomed look belongs more to the middle classes.
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Every actor looks all his life for a part that will combine his talents with his personality... 'The Odd Couple' was mine. That was the plutonium I needed. It all started happening after that.
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Learning to write comics is, in fact, so bloody difficult because it's such a weird form that it does actually make you a bit more adaptable for other forms.
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Nearly every coach I've talked with tells me that the attention you get from media and other people is the thing you miss most. I don't know if that's right.
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My mum had four kids on her own, so if I had one kid with one nanny and not a full-time job, it would be a joke. And I think the impossible happens when you leave your kids. I've seen so many nannies in the park on their phones, and the kids are running off.
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Well, I'm certainly glad that I was nominated for an Oscar. There is certainly a respect that comes with that nod. Also, a compliment that comes with it, too. Not that I really know what I'm doing. In a lot of ways I feel like some child on set, or like a kid that snuck in the back door.
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What is our freedom fight about? Is it about the liberation of children or just having sex with them?
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My father is my idol, so I always did everything like him. He used to work two jobs and still come home happy every night.
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France is the only place where you can make love in the afternoon without people hammering on your door.
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The only art I have is a Polaroid from Peter Beard from his book. I shot with him four years ago, and he did a special Polaroid for me, so I consider it a piece of art.
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The Liberal Party has dealt with the spill motion and now this matter is behind us, we think that when you elect a government, when you elect a prime minister, you deserve to keep that government and that prime minister until you have a chance to change your mind.
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Somebody told me long ago that in acting, it's okay to steal, just steal from the best.
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There are lots of concerns facing English football but for me the major one is the way in which football clubs are run by owners, whether they are growing organically and sustainably and how that is being policed by the football authorities.
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My original projections were for us to do about $2 million the first year and maybe $4 million the second. Toyota wasn't even on the horizon when we first started planning to come to San Antonio. That was another surprise.
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...I use primal imagery, so maybe it's fitting that I use the most primitive of cameras pinhole cameras. Since there's no viewfinder, the image is much more of a surprise - as if some outsider came and looked at earth for the first time.
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Entrepreneurship is the launching of surprises.
