Chris Gardner (Christopher Paul Gardner) Quotes
(The movie) is the story of my life, but it's not about me. It's about anybody who ever dreamed big and had someone tell them, 'No, you can't do it.' You can.
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Being first lady is a full-time job. Betty Ford worked full time and should have received a salary. Michelle Obama works full time and should be paid.
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You have to be aware. Like, I'm not going to do any downhill skiing. It looks like a whole lot of fun, but I'm not going to risk breaking a leg. I want to be dancing the way I'm dancing now for 30 more years.
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It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.
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You learn to be comfortable in your own skin, and your body changes throughout life, so you can't sweat the small stuff.
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I just want to try to ignore the scrutiny and all the distractions and just play hard basketball and let the best come... Improving game by game and trying to improve my game is what I want to do.
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What is important about graphene is the new physics it has delivered.
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Good schools, good jobs, good government. These are not unreasonable demands. But sadly, some of our people have already lost heart and have left Hawaii to look for these things elsewhere.
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Fellini was a little lofty for a teenage boy, but certainly he was a huge influence.
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The comic strip: upholder of Homeric culture. (p.19)
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Anybody that'll stand up to The Cline is all right.
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How is MS-DOS like MSG? Both raise your blood pressure and give you a tightening sensation around your forehead.
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I played basketball in high school, and I love watching sports - I'll watch everything except maybe hockey.
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You don't have anything if you don't have the stories.
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Stop the traffic...let 'em through.
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Your ability to set goals is the master skill of success. Goals unlock your positive mind and release ideas and energy for goal attainment. Without goals, you simply drift and flow on the currents of life. With goals, you fly like an arrow, straight and true to your target.
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Recognize and embrace your flaws so you can learn from them. Sometimes it takes a little polishing to truly shine.
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Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little.
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Life is one big transition.
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Perhaps the community you mentioned might not come to the story. Sometimes you have to take the story to them, and perform it, and that's another way that I get an alternate point of view that isn't the official version of history out to a community. I feel that's what I've been doing since Caramelo.
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I think that's what's a little bit of a change. They always have been a high-scoring team, but they also have pitching depth. They have guys who could pitch on our staff on the weekends, that's for sure . . . and they have guys on defense making plays.
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(The movie) is the story of my life, but it's not about me. It's about anybody who ever dreamed big and had someone tell them, 'No, you can't do it.' You can.
