William Throsby Bridges Quotes
Genuine beginnings begin within us, even when they are brought to our attention by external opportunities.
Quotes to Explore
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I debated free trade in college. I came out as a free trader. I'm a free markets guy. I'm an Adam Smith guy.
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All training is negotiation, whether you're training dogs or spouses.
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If you're not careful as an actor, you can find yourself, at a certain point, a little bit bored.
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A revolution is interesting insofar as it avoids like the plague the plague it promised to heal.
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One of the things that's interesting is that the PC has always had a huge amount of scalability. It was sort of the wild dog that moved into Australia and killed all the local life because it could just adapt. There used to be these dedicated devices, like dedicated word processors.
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I am from Karnal, India.
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2005 was a great year for me for fantastic roles that nobody saw.
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It's the way tenure works, together with dismissal protections that tenured teachers have, that no other public employee has, which makes it almost impossible to remove a grossly ineffective and incompetent teacher or, in some cases, even an abusive teacher.
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It's important to know what motivates you, not what motivates somebody else.
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I never wanted to look back on my career and be embarrassed about work that I chose to do. I never wanted to look at character I've done and cringe.
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But cats to me are strange, so strange I cannot sleep if one is near.
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There is one sound way a man can bind a woman to him, the same way she will bind him, and with the same rope.
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I really don't think of myself as a science writer.
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The world changes. The world is completely different now from when I was growing up. Back then, you didn't say things like they say now, out loud, about race and things. But that's just progress. When are we going to find out that we're all the same - we're all absolutely, without a doubt, the same?
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When you have a sense of calling, whether it's to be a musician, soloist, artist, in one of the technical fields, or a plumber, there is something deep and enriching when you realize it isn't just a casual choice, it's a divine calling. It's not limited to vocational Christian service by any means.
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I moved to L.A. after my landlord in Brooklyn tripled my rent. I spent months looking for other places to move to in New York, then one day I was in California eating a grapefruit, and I was like, 'This is what they taste like?' So I decided to move to L.A. and build a studio in my house.
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I tend to prefer the shelter of fiction.
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There have been a lot of challenges, but I'm still standing on my own, and it's quite an achievement knowing that I own my own business and created my own success through hard work and vision.
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I always say that practice gets you to the top most of the time.
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I feel burnout comes as a result of consistent over-simulation.
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Journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live it.
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Genuine beginnings begin within us, even when they are brought to our attention by external opportunities.
