Bill Oberst Jr. Quotes
The fact that Abraham Lincoln ever, ever became President is either a freak accident of history... or destiny; God's providence to America.
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I'm from the South, and there's a different understanding of how to chop. There's a syllable play. It's a delicate art. Your accent has a lot to do with it. If you're from a certain area, words don't roll of your tongue as slick.
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People are intrigued when they discover you date a footballer - women especially.
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I figure if people don't want to make the distinction between a Muslim and a terrorist, then why should I make a distinction between good scared white people and racists?
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Start every day off with a smile and get it over with.
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Truth never damages a cause that is just.
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I never knew motherhood could be so truly gratifying until I had Natasha.
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There's something nice and intimate about having a book. You know that someone's actually gone on this journey. You know that someone has actually researched and reported all these things. You can see and hear their tone in what they chosen to include and what they haven't.
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It's an honour and a thrill and a privilege just to play in the NHL.
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Predicting innovation is something of a self-canceling exercise: the most probable innovations are probably the least innovative.
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At the moment I am a little bit politician, yes. I think that could be my next step. It is not because I want power, it is because of what I think I could do for the people.
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I can't make up my mind whether I want to dance like Josef Brown or dance with Josef Brown.
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One is taught by experience to put a premium on those few people who can appreciate you for what you are.
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The great awareness comes slowly, piece by piece. The path of spiritual growth is a path of lifelong learning. The experience of spiritual power is basically a joyful one.
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It's the cushiest job, but some lines are so funny that I crack up.
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Every story about me is so heavy and dramatic. That's not how I do life. But that's the impression people have, and that's what keeps getting reiterated. As if I'm still stuck in all the muck of the past. And I am so not.
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You can work, shop, do everything from home, and I find this unsettling.
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The key thing is that you start every film from sort of a blank page, almost like you discover it like a child discovers a new world.
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Coming back to a television series puts you back in the limelight and gives you a platform for your ideas. If you're not acting on a series, you don't get the ability to communicate to people.
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I can't stand to ask anyone, 'How was that?'
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By reading, you learn through others' experiences, generally, a better way to do business, especially in our line of work where the consequences of incompetence are so final for young men.
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All of these different strands in me - the black, the white, the African - all of that has contributed directly to my success because when I meet people, I see a piece of myself in them. And maybe they see a piece of themselves in me.
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As for omens, there is no such thing as an omen. Destiny does not send us heralds. She is too wise or too cruel for that.
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There is a lot of rhetoric ? the arrival of a new president has contributed as well. National pride is being appealed to and it is very difficult to make the first decision giving way on the nuclear issue. We have to be firm ... and make Iran see that it has taken the wrong decision.
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The fact that Abraham Lincoln ever, ever became President is either a freak accident of history... or destiny; God's providence to America.
