Gary Ross Quotes
You can't tell your kids to read if you're just watching television. They have to see you read. And in that respect, I think it's important to walk the walk. It's a wonderful shared time.
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If you have a government that is elected, they need to do the hard work - because if they don't, they won't be around the next time the ballot box is open.
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As an organization, Esri is strong, and we're continuing to grow. We're dedicated to this. And we're excited to see what you can accomplish and to watch your work evolve.
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I was never that kid who used to brag about anything.
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When I was in my early 20s, I studied tae kwon do and hapkido. I earned brown belts in both of them.
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Money brings a lot of responsibility as to what you're going to do with it, and I've given quite a bit of thought to that.
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By the time a person has achieved years adequate for choosing a direction, the die is cast and the moment has long since passed which determined the future.
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You could put all of Rev. Jeremiah Wright's angry sermons on to one loop. You could put that loop up on the big screen at Radio City Music Hall and let it play there 24 hours a day, seven days a week and Barack Obama will still emerge as the next president of the United States.
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Retiring for good wasn't difficult. I knew at the time it was right. I was no longer capable of achieving the standards I'd set myself and there was no light at the end of the tunnel.
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Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it.
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Because the nights bring the threat of invasion and terror to the villages, thousands of children in northern Uganda have become night commuters, leaving the nightmare of capture behind for the safety of the city.
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It's a hard life... but if I could, I would do it all again.
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People often try to disguise televisions. I always think that makes it worse. It is what it is!
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As Mayor, I will use my experience to make San Francisco a place where small businesses can thrive.
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I just started making Bloody Marys. I always thought they looked gross, then I tasted one. There's an art to it, from the Tabasco to the Worcestershire.
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I was very lucky: I started acting in this highly subsidized German theater world, so there was not so much job insecurity. We had great working conditions, long rehearsal times, well paid.
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People are losing the capacity to listen to words or follow ideas.
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I like doing my own stunts.
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I say violence is necessary. It is as American as cherry pie.
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I was always really interested in startups and fascinated by what they were working on.
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It is the thing that is most remote from the world in which we ourselves live that attracts us most. We are under the spell of what is distant from us. It is not our nature to desire passionately what is near at hand.
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As an actor, I'm always playing solitary characters. But as a director, I'm always making ensemble movies, which focus on lots of people's lives and how they intertwine.
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'Hairspray' has never been irrelevant, which is, in some ways, heartbreaking.
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On service Giving feels good. It's a form of healing. Not just for you as an individual, but for everyone.
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You can't tell your kids to read if you're just watching television. They have to see you read. And in that respect, I think it's important to walk the walk. It's a wonderful shared time.
