Harold Ford, Jr. Quotes
My dad was a congressman, and he taught me at a very early age, 'They voted for me, they view me as theirs, and I am.' Our family's phone in Memphis was always listed. It rang all day and all night.
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Now I'm back home, living in London, running my theater. I just want to enjoy all that.
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During the 2008 election, I made clear to the Obama campaign that I don't think it's wise for me to force my personal political agenda on anyone.
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I feel quite excited about the possibility of working on multiple albums. There's something really iconic about having a catalog featuring a lot of albums, and I'd love to have that legacy.
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There's a whole element of human interaction and character interaction that I really enjoy doing.
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I rarely went to the mosque, I never fasted, and I only prayed namaaz on the holy nights because my mom bugged me about it.
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There are different reasons to make movies.
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Let us advance science to create a better world for all.
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I want to see one of my products being taken by people across the world. I want to see them improving and leading a better life. It's like playing God.
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A system that was originally designed to support the poorest in society is now trapping them in the very condition it was supposed to alleviate.
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I like that about London. It comes together when it needs to, and it has magic.
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I think R. Kelly's range is so vast and broad that in order to stimulate himself creatively as an artist, he has to step so, so far outside the box, or else he feels like he's not challenging himself.
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I don't believe love goes away just because you're buried in a casket.
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We're on the verge of a financial collapse unless we balance the budget, and that means some really, really tough decisions.
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One cannot plan for the unexpected.
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A good leader must be fair.
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I feel like I'm not the greatest general manager in the history of general managers, but I do OK, and I'm learning as I go. I try to just do my best with it.
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When Scorsese or Coppola cast celebrities in their work, it goes without question.
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On stage, you can use your emotions. It's the place where you can channel them. They have a purpose.
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When I throw a curve that hangs and it goes for a hit, I want to chew up my glove.
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When we first started our internet company, 'China Pages', in 1995, and we were just making home pages for a lot of Chinese companies. We went to the big owners, the big companies, and they didn't want to do it. We go to state-owned companies, and they didn't want to do it. Only the small and medium companies really want to do it.
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To be honest, I don't care how it went in.
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At age 77, I need the help of someone with more energy than I can now summon to finish a book.
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I don't think I was awake for much of my childhood. I did a lot of napping. This might have been a defensive measure against encroaching depression. Until about the age of eleven or twelve, I had zero interests other than trying to steal gumballs from supermarket gumball machines.
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My dad was a congressman, and he taught me at a very early age, 'They voted for me, they view me as theirs, and I am.' Our family's phone in Memphis was always listed. It rang all day and all night.
