Chris Gardner (Christopher Paul Gardner) Quotes
Still a dreamer, yet more of a realist than ever before, I knew this was my time to sail. On the horizon I saw the shining future, as before. The difference now was that I felt the wind at my back. I was ready.
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Generally, I get bad reviews in Turkey.
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I hope there are going to be plenty of more roles to come.
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In this situation I was constantly exposed to danger and death.
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I love how, when you're a teenager, you're really opinionated, you're really right, you can't be wrong, and you don't know any better.
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There's only so much academic disruption that a young child can deal with before he just can't catch up.
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It's common in rural Ireland to pick up a nickname that relates to an animal, bird, or a spider. Mine became 'scorpion' because I fought back, and scorpions are docile creatures until pushed too far.
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Only bad writers think they're good.
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There were many times when I could have gone down the path of being a child star, which I know can be bad; I think, especially in L.A., it's easy to get caught up in that life.
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It was essentially for self defence that we went to war in Afghanistan and would go to war in Iraq.
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American League teams don't bunt very often. National League teams bunt a lot.
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The violence of beast on beast is read As natural law, but upright man Seeks his divinity by inflicting pain.
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I never really got on that well with Yoko anyway. Strangely enough, I only started to get to know her after John's death.
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I think grooming is definitely undervalued by men. We all expect women to be fully groomed, which they do. But I also think it's just as important for a man to look fresh and clean.
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Only a handful of men and women leave an imprint on the conscience of a nation and on the history that they helped shape.
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Every week a tsunami rips through poor towns and villages all over the world ... That tsunami is hunger.
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If you have attained something, this is the surest proof that you have gone astray. Therefore, not to have is to have, silence is thunder, ignorance is enlightenment.
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There is an atmosphere about the picture theatre that speaks of entertainment and relaxation. The charming surroundings, good music, and the fact that each visitor is determined to enjoy a few hours of holiday all exert an influence on the mind.
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I don't listen to music when I'm writing, but I often do when I'm reworking, editing or when I need to relax.
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[I am fascinated by stupidity] because normal intelligence is boring. Two plus two makes four - finished. You have no possibilities! Stupidity is infinite. Two plus two can make billions of different numbers.
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You never know what the American public is going to do, but you know that they will do it all at once.
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Still a dreamer, yet more of a realist than ever before, I knew this was my time to sail. On the horizon I saw the shining future, as before. The difference now was that I felt the wind at my back. I was ready.
