Mike Thompson Quotes
Most people are bad with names. I have learned a trick: Make them laugh and they will never forget you.
Quotes to Explore
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Ego is one of the biggest weapons that is used to take us down. It's self-destructive. It's a problem on all levels - even regular people can have big ego problems.
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I tend to be the type who is overly polite and sort of ingratiating to other people.
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Some people are instantly brilliant. The Kenneth Branaghs of this world are ready-formed actors at 23 - he has used his success in lots of different ways - but there are people out there for whom acting is: 'Ooh, I can get on the telly and be famous.'
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People look at me, and they go, 'You're white, you're smart, you must have went to college. You must have grown up with money.'
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The White House New Media team circulates multiple highlights each day of what people are looking for online - Twitter trending topics, popular Google searches, etc. - and it gives us a sense of what's breaking through, what isn't, and a sanity check for what the larger online population cares about at any given time.
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When people talk about South Africa, it's all about lions and elephants. But when we talk about India, we talk about tigers.
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Those looking for ideology in the White House should consider this: For the men who rule our world, rules are for other people.
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I think when average-size people start taking roles that were meant for dwarfs, that's a little frustrating because there aren't that many roles out there for height-challenged actors.
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It's really important that people know about it and the issue in schools because it happens every day to people and it really hurts when people get bullied.
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What could be better than working with people you love?
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International peace and security depend on certain taboos that are easily recognized when they are broken. It can be more important for an intervention to take place because nuclear or chemical or biological weapons are used as opposed to just measuring how many people are killed.
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With young people, I always say, 'You're not doing anyone any favours by withholding your power.' As women, we do that a lot because we are afraid of being misunderstood or perceived as too strong. But the older I'm getting, the more I realise you have to let that go.
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I'm not a glamour boy, and I never get the girl. I like to play old people, because there's something to them. Did you ever see anybody under 30 with any real character or expression in his face?
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I mean, we've built a lot of products that we think are good, and will help people share photos and share videos and write messages to each other. But it's really all about how people are spreading Facebook around the world in all these different countries. And that's what's so amazing about the scale that it's at today.
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I have nothing against people having work done, it is when I hear tale of girls of 16 queuing up to get bigger breasts, that is when I despair.
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It's about time that society accepts people for who they are.
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I learned at 'SNL' that it's a bummer to bum people out.
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I enjoy winning, but more importantly, I enjoy the people I'm around.
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... true faith never comes without anguish.
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I love cuffing season. It's a very inspiring season for those who want to be inspired.
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In history, one gathers clues like a detective, tries to present an honest account of what most likely happened, and writes a narrative according to what we know and, where we aren't absolutely sure, what might be most likely to have happened, within the generally accepted rules of evidence and sources.
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Most people are bad with names. I have learned a trick: Make them laugh and they will never forget you.
