Chris Gardner (Christopher Paul Gardner) Quotes
People can't do something themselves, they want to tell you you can't do it. You want something, go get it.
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I learn something in the interviews from time to time.
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What they are doing is taking something that otherwise creates pollution and turning it into something useful.
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Basically, I'm a musical vocalist, but I do voiceover stuff as a sideline, like plumbing or something.
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I'm either enjoying myself or I'm not. And if I'm not enjoying myself, something's gone terribly wrong.
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Well if somebody's giving me a script, I'll consider it. But it's not something I'm chasing.
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I prefer to be a villainess. There's something a bit more delicious about their wickedness.
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Feminism remains something that needs to be explained to people.
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I like artists who have something to say, not wallpaper.
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Womanhood is something you don't consider until it hits you.
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While I deeply admire actors who deeply prepare, it's just not something I do.
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There's something about Marxism that brings out warts; the only kind of growth this economic system encourages.
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There's never any pressure on the music having to be something.
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There are days when I still want to be able to do what I want when I want, but there's also something wonderful about being secure.
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Music is really something that makes people whole.
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I had to be sure we were doing something tasteful.
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For nighttime or for an event, I'm all about the nice heel. Something that's still walkable but definitely very elegant.
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I'm not a fan of self-help books - how can something be 'self-help' if the book itself is purportedly helping you?
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My movies continue to be found and be sold because there's something going on in them.
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I blog because I have something to say.
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There are things you can replace, and others you cannot. The time has come to weigh those things, this space is getting hot.
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It was helpful to have the confidence of youth that came from a lack of desperation. I thought, 'If I don't succeed, I'll go back to school and study.'
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People can't do something themselves, they want to tell you you can't do it. You want something, go get it.
