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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Well if somebody's giving me a script, I'll consider it. But it's not something I'm chasing.
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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 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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Can any sane person say that before something comes on the Net you must screen it? How can there be pre-screening?
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Global warming is something that happens to all of us, all at once.
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We're all grown women now; if we wanna do something, we can't be stopped!
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It costs you something to do good!
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Doing ventures is great - I'm talking economics now - if you've got a rising market. It's wonderful. If I hadn't got HKT, I would have been just as happy. Because there's a price for everything. And to overpay for something is awful.
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When I was in advertising, I did a great deal of work on television commercials. A co-worker and I wrote a screenplay, which led to a few more screenplays, and some were optioned by production companies. I was advised to move to California but didn't want to make the move. I decided to use another form of storytelling, so I wrote a novel.
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I'm doin' something different. I mean, I talk a little bit about race and interracial dating, but it's not the heart of my act. I just try to do what I think is funny; there's no huge message or through line.
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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.
