William P. Young Quotes
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I fought the best; I've never been afraid of anyone.
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Poverty breeds lack of self-reliance.
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Gossip can be entertaining: occasionally, I've heard the most fascinating things about myself I never knew.
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You know, the Brits had a way of - running an empire. And I don't think America is comfortable with an empire.
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And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.
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I personally don't think you should ever date someone you work with, will work with, etc. I won't ever date an actor.
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I grew up in the South and went to church a lot.
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All business leaders need to be technologists, as every industry now has a Netflix or an Uber on the horizon, threatening to upend business as usual. Apps are driving this disruption, and every enterprise needs to become an app company.
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We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.
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Filipinos are not worse than any other colonized people except that our colonization was a little longer, and the independence movement was always dictated in political terms, never in social ones. We borrowed terms, but we didn't understand them.
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You learn to control every aspect of your muscles, your face, your toes, your fingernails. And that is how you tell a story, through movement.
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I think, looking back, there was a lot of fear of success in me. When you are successful, you have to keep it up... it requires you to be responsible, and I had been pretty irresponsible.
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Some of the craziest people I've met, in my life, are some of the most brilliant people I've met.
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Most people want security in this world, not liberty.
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What I love about L.A. and Washington, D.C. is that they're almost the opposite of each other. L.A. is a very creative space while D.C. is a very cerebral space. So, they're the ying and the yang in my world. I like them both for their own reasons.
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The easiest thing to do in the world is pull the covers up over your head and go back to sleep.
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You've got to eat while you dream. You've got to deliver on short-range commitments, while you develop a long-range strategy and vision and implement it. The success of doing both. Walking and chewing gum if you will. Getting it done in the short-range, and delivering a long-range plan, and executing on that.
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I don't think anyone really is interested in reading about my emotional state. It's not even interesting to me.
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My own philanthropic efforts have always included an educational element, whether it's expanding opportunities to educate a promising mind or extending the brain's ability to learn.
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To play the leading man in a 'Three Stooges' movie, you've got to think funny. Thank God I think funny.
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It's been so long that I haven't seen your face I try to be strong.
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America's families will be safer in a world where we're strong, where we're engaged, but where we're respected.
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Patience is a part of boxing. After I had missed out on the Olympic gold medal in 1984, a lot of people tried to talk me into turning professional quickly to make money. They told me that the next Olympics in Seoul would be boycotted again, that I was wasting my life, blah blah. But I still had unfinished business. I wanted the gold medal, and I got it in 88. Only then was I ready to turn professional.
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I'm trying to get far away from [picturing God as] Gandalf or Santa Claus.
