Charles Garfield Quotes
On course doesn't mean perfect. On course means that even when things don't go perfectly - you are still going in the right direction.
Quotes to Explore
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I am a genre lover - everything from spaghetti western to samurai movie.
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It is human nature to hate the man whom you have hurt.
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We need a wireless mobile device ecosystem that mirrors the PC/Internet ecosystem, one where the consumers' purchase of network capacity is separate from their purchase of the hardware and software they use on that network. It will take government action, or some disruptive technology or business innovation, to get us there.
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In the wake of the United Kingdom's vote to 'Brexit' the E.U., we Europeans will indeed have to rethink how our Union works; but we know very well what we need to work for. We know what our principles, interests, and priorities are.
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We want to encourage people. We want to help them. We want them to see all the good things God has placed in them and give them a right future.
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I think politics today is all about false choices: You can have a robust energy economy and a challenged environment, or a great environment and no economy. That's a false choice. You can do both.
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The British tend to shy away from the spotlight. We don't like being singled out in any way, and I think that is something which is important for me to learn to do.
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When I finally decided to do the show, I only had two weeks to learn the choreography and the songs in French.
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My inner motivation is to make the world a better place; the bad guy and the good guy think the same thing.
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Writing is sacred, other activities are profane, and I don't want them to corrupt my writing.
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I have a personal little routine that I do in my dressing room just to kind of get myself mentally prepared to go on stage, and part of that is a poem that I read to myself.
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I am glad that he thanks God for anything.
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The poem is important, but not more than the people whose survival it serves...
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Heights make my feet tingle; not sure if that is a phobia, but it isn't the greatest feeling.
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I always knew, even as a kid, that my mom had a really rough life, and I always wanted to make her feel happy and to make her feel good.
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In my view, it was no accident that Nelson Mandela was chosen by God to lead the people of South Africa. There are very few people who could be imprisoned, kept away from their family and loved ones, and exit that same prison with such a powerful spirit of love and a desire for reconciliation.
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I like to be fascinated by the people I photograph. Sometimes I don't admire them but I'm interested in them.
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I'm just trying to experiment with a lot of different stuff and see what comes out of it.
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As Michael Scheuer, who ran the C.I.A.'s bin Laden unit until 1999, has pointed out, if bin Laden believed in Christmas, the Iraq war would be his perfect present from Santa Claus. The 9/11 attacks and the subsequent war in Afghanistan severely damaged bin Laden's organization.
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The powers of congress must be defined, but their means must be adequate to the purposes of their constitution. It is possible there may be abuses and misapplications; still, it is better to hazard something than to hazard at all.
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To invent out of knowledge means to produce inventions that are true. Every man should have a built-in automatic crap detector operating inside him. It also should have a manual drill and a crank handle in case the machine breaks down. If you're going to write, you have to find out what's bad for you. Part of that you learn fast, and then you learn what's good for you.
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The worst part about zombies raging unchecked is the slow paralysis that they induce in people who aren't quite zombies yet. The rest of us un-zombies turn our heads, hoping the ghouls will just go away.
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The English, a spirited nation, claim the empire of the sea; the French, a calmer nation, claim that of the air.
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On course doesn't mean perfect. On course means that even when things don't go perfectly - you are still going in the right direction.
