Chris Gardner (Christopher Paul Gardner) Quotes
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You're not going to bring back all the jobs from China.
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Obamacare, without a single Republican vote, cut $700 billion out of Medicare.
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Tell me, is the rose naked or is that her only dress? Why do trees conceal the splendor of their roots? Who hears the regrets of the thieving automobile? Is there anything in the world sadder than a train standing in the rain?
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I learned a little of beauty - enough to know that it had nothing to do with truth - and I found, moreover, that there was no great literary tradition; there was only the tradition of the eventful death of every literary tradition.
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It's almost like a lot of black people in America, a lot of young black men, are born with this cloud over their heads. It's their penitentiary cloud, this philosophy we all have, that it's harder for us.
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I actually got to stay and watch the filming of different parts of the movie [Romeo+Juliet]. I got to meet some of the co-stars, like John Leguizamo.
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I was a little disappointed. They should have played more of those great songs from the first couple of albums.
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Businesses want to be in places where there is a deep talent pool.
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We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of Now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy.
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War hurts. It hurts no matter which sides the bombs are falling on.
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The ultimate revenge is being on Top Of The Pops.
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Most of the press is sent to my publicist so I do see most of what is written about me.
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The sacred exists only at the expense of the truth.
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In terms of whether I use humor to allow me or my readers to come up for air, I don't think I put that much thought into it. I hate to say it, but I first have to entertain myself before I can think about the reader. I know that's kind of weird and selfish, but I write because it's fun, not because I need to put bread on the table.
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It seems to me there's this tyranny that's not accidental or incidental, to make women feel compelled to look like somebody they're not. I think the effort is being made to get us to turn our time and attention to this instead of important political issues.
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There's been periods of broadcasts in the past where you could see all ages of entertainers, ranging from George Burns to Shirley Temple. That's not the condition now.
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There is a place where cerebral an corporeal meet: they call it rowing.
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If you want something, go get it. Period.
