Chris Gardner (Christopher Paul Gardner) Quotes
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Everywhere I go, I will make a good payday. But we got to choose the right opponent and the right time and the right venue.
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I want to entertain people, but with some substance.
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The Palestinian Authority gets money from the American taxpayer.
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We all go to the theater and cinema to be inspired and moved on an emotional level, sometimes to laughter, sometimes to tears. Once I discovered that acting could have such an effect, I was sold. It has been one of the most rewarding discoveries I have ever made.
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I didn't necessarily grow up in a trailer park, but there is a brief part of that in my life. So I can make fun of it a little bit. I'm not too much of an outsider, where I'm just making fun of someone.
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Gary Cooper turned out to be the surprise of my young life. He was so convincing with his stuttering, stammering awkward little boy manners. When the action called for Dr. Wassell to kiss me, I got all set for a bashful boy kiss. Well, it was like holding a hand grenade and not being able to get rid of it! I was left breathless.
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People believe in God because they've been conditioned to believe in God.
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Pythagoras said that medicine is the most godlike of arts. But if the most godlike, it should tend to the soul as well as the body, or else a living thing must be unhealthy, being diseased in its higher part.
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I have a soft spot for art that, in terms of subject matter and material, is in bad taste.
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I love to go see films, even on my own. I just walk to the nearest cinema. There's nothing better than watching a movie alone; you can just sit there and zone in.
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We always want to see each other do well. And I think we all want to win. As competitive as you are, you always want to win.
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I guess the characters I play may be at the more destructive edge of the spectrum, more damaged or whatever, but I find a lot of female roles uninteresting.
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I don't put nothing out if it's not ready.
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I don't read reviews or interviews or anything, just because I'm afraid; If I believed the good, then I'd believe the bad, and there will be bad.
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I got tired of people complaining that it was too hard to use UNIX because the editor was too complicated.
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What are kings, when regiment is gone, but perfect shadows in a sunshine day?
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I'd love to play in, like, a 'Lord of the Rings,' or something like that, or a James Bond or, you know, just something like with action, shooting.
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I like Miami in the winter: there's no humidity, no bugs, no mosquitoes. You go out and wear your jacket, and you're all good!
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You have to realise that I am the third out of six children, and I am raised with very strong core values and a very strong upbringing. I always put myself in other people's shoes.
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I know it's tough. Everybody in baseball knows its tough. I'm just going to give it my best shot.
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The shiny red color of the soles has no function other than to identify to the public that they are mine. I selected the color because it is engaging, flirtatious, memorable, and the color of passion.
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Disinvestments will continue to happen. If the issue is priced correctly, there's no reason why it should not sell.
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Knowing what I know of love, I hang back because I don't like to lie to myself.
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There is no plan B for passion
