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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Suddenly I realized that I wanted everything to be as it was when I was younger. When you're young enough, you don't know that you live in a cheap lousy apartment. A cracked chair is nothing other than a chair. A dandelion growing out of a crack in the sidewalk outside your front door is a garden. You could believe that a song your parent was singing in the evening was the most tragic opera in the world. It never occurs to you when you are very young to need something other than what your parents have to offer you.
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The best revenge is to always survive yourself.
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We all learn by experience, and your lesson this time is that you should never lose sight of the alternative. Sherlock Holmes speaking with Dr. Watson.
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Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.
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If you want something, go get it. Period.
