Chris Gardner (Christopher Paul Gardner) Quotes
The secret to success: find something you love to do so much, you can’t wait for the sun to rise to do it all over again.
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It works both ways: there are victims of tragedy who come to me who have experienced grief of such magnitude that they cannot reconcile. Likewise, I cannot change the mentality of those who committed the crimes or the fools who followed them.
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I had a really dark time after the Olympic Games... But then I said to myself, 'This is a sport that's blessed me with a home, with an education, with some money. I can't hate this sport. This sport took me out of Louisiana. This sport gave me a chance when so many people don't get a chance. And I love this sport.'
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Behind the phony tinsel of Hollywood lies the real tinsel.
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Cancer stops you in your tracks. It really makes you think about what's important. In a second, life can change. Don't ever forget to say thank you for love and family. What good is your success without them?
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I use the rules to frustrate the law. But I didn't set up the ground rules.
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I think for anyone - male or female - in improv, the biggest thing to get over is the fear. I think every improviser has that.
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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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'Any road', said Carlyle, 'even this road to Entepfuhl, will take you to the end of the world'. But the Entepfuhl road, if taken in its entirety, and to the end, goes back to Entepfuhl; so Entepfuhl, where we already were, is that very end of the world we were seeking.
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Ideology is a system of beliefs, held in common by the members of a collectivity.
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: No comment, since this is still hovering (see Larry's reply).Flutter, flutter.
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Nothing that's forced can ever be right, if it doesn't come naturally, leave it.
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I know it's cheesy, but if you listen to the universe, it gives you pointers. I strongly believe if you keep your ears open and eyes open, your path will become clear. You just have to make sure you don't ignore it.
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Canadians are the best, they're the best.
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Leaders in all spheres who are living with HIV should be encouraged, not coerced, to lead by example and disclose their HIV status.
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For a Bostonian... we live in the shadow of New York, and to be acknowledged by New Yorkers is really the greatest feeling.
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I consider myself more of a producer and a musician than a DJ.
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I write about moments, and I don't make blanket statements about anything because no one has all the answers; nobody's come up with a foolproof way to do anything when it comes to emotions.
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Garbage can provide important details for hackers: names, telephone numbers, a company's internal jargon.
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I signed up for military service in the months following 9/11, and later, as a military intelligence officer, I felt called, like so many others, to volunteer for deployment and service in Afghanistan.
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For a two-hour movie on a 20-day shooting schedule, it's O.K. to have an actor who's a pain in the neck.
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Directors work 10 times harder than anyone else. Get paid a quarter.
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God preserve us! If men knew what is done in secret, no one would be free from the interference of others.
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[Science fiction is] a specialized type of fantasy, in which the prime assumption usually is a new scientific discovery or invention.
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The secret to success: find something you love to do so much, you can’t wait for the sun to rise to do it all over again.
