Steve Case (Stephen McConnell Case) Quotes
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Wise choices can put us in control of situations where we might otherwise be tempted to compromise our principles. We cannot control all that happens to us; however, we can choose to be in control of our responses.
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I lived in America for a long time before I started working as an actor. Some actors show up on set and have never done an American accent before, so they rely on a slew of technical mechanisms. Part of what makes an accent is understanding why people speak that way - you have to understand the culture.
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I like to play table tennis, spend time with my kids.
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If you're on a road trip, you need driving music.
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Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen.
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No one needs anything; they have to want it.
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When you are poor, you'll have to think of ways to be better off.
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I know it's surprising, but there is a generation of people who haven't seen a Bond movie. They have no idea what it is. I want to entertain them as much as anyone else.
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So I had a couple of years of playing trumpet. I really enjoyed it, but it was not the kind of instrument you could whip out at a party. Let's face it.
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By my definition, prayer is consciously hanging out with God. Being with God in a deliberate way.
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It is a mistake to let aesthetics drive your rational decision making.
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It was a small mistake Sometimes that is all it takes.
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Our island is this earth; and the most striking object we behold is the sun. As soon as we pass beyond our immediate surroundings, one or both of these must meet our eye. Thus the philosophy of most savage races is mainly directed to imaginary divisions of the earth or to the divinity of the sun.
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His speech is a burning fire.
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Listen, the obvious thing to remember is without dark, there is no light, and without light, there is no dark.
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Winning the Ballon d'Or is the consequence of your work.
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I think my parents were immigrants, you know, so I guess I would be first generation. Growing up in California.
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I absolutely had a dream of doing 'Man of La Mancha' one day; that's a long time ago.
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It turns out a VAT - a value-added tax - is a very easy tax to collect and a very hard tax to evade. It's a really good idea. It was invented about 60 years ago in France, of course. Because they're so good at taxing. They had a business tax that was easy to evade, and the head of the French IRS invented this value-added tax, which is very hard to evade.
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The kingdom of music is not the kingdom of this world; it will accept those whom breeding and intellect and culture have alike rejected.
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Why do you still feel the need to punish yourself for something that was out of your control?
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The process of learning should be as far as possible a pleasurable one and not laborious.
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Anything is possible if you put your mind to it and you really work hard.
