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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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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I blog because I have something to say.
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The idea of designing something that is like something else is incredibly uninteresting and boring.
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I want to be a dad, first and foremost. I want to be a good father. I've spent so much of my life on the move and travelling around the world that just to set up a home for my family and be a good dad is something that motivates me.
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Someone once told me be interested, not interesting - that really clicked for me.
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If you are connected to your own internal being, it is very hard to be screwing and destroying and hurting another human being, because you’ll be feeling what they’re feeling. If you’re separated, it’s not a hard thing to do at all.
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After all, the ordinary hero hiding in each of us is often the most powerful catalyst for change.
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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.
