Chris Gardner (Christopher Paul Gardner) Quotes
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It takes more than capital to swing business. You've got to have the A. I. D. degree to get by - Advertising, Initiative, and Dynamics.
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How are you coming into the effect? How are you getting out?
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Only in the spirit of attack, born in a brave heart, will bring success to any fighter aircraft, no matter how highly developed it may be.
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I'm not always what I think I am, but I am what I think.
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Right now, the biggest shared value that I can think of is that you should treat others the way you want to be treated, and just have some good sense about what matters to you.
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Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.
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We strive towards a better world, but one can never do it without compromise. We can all change the world for the better, starting in your own little surroundings, together with people who believe in it, too. This way you can make it work and show others that it actually can work. That doesn't mean that everybody has to do it like you "or else..." If there is no compromise possible, then it turns into extremism, and I don't think that extremism ever added something positive to the world.
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Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near victory as when you are defeated in a good cause.
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Books wind into the heart.
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Let those that play your clowns speak no more than is set down for them.
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The price of civilization is instinctual renunciation.
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I want to work hard without forgetting our original intention and our modesty, for us to become artists that will grow.
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Jokes are used to hide the truth!
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Many armies fail because they put all their emphasis into creating a plan that becomes useless ten minutes into the battle
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If you would cure anger, do not feed it. Say to yourself: 'I used to be angry every day; then every other day; now only every third or fourth day.' When you reach thirty days offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the gods.
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I believe this choice is ethical, and what makes it ethical is it is a choice.
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It's ok to FAIL it's not ok to Quit
