Chris Gardner (Christopher Paul Gardner) Quotes
Then again, what seems like nothing in the eyes of the world, when properly valued and put to use, can be among the greatest riches.
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All those things you hear about networks trying to stifle creativity - CW lets creators create and gives us freedom.
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Music is a powerful tool in galvanizing people around an issue. There's no better way to get your point across than to put it in a beautiful song.
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The mistake that straight people made was imposing the monogamous expectation on men. Men were never expected to be monogamous.
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I can't imagine playing a boring gig. Like, a boring audience without reaction, I will play against them.
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Even though I'm very Westernized as an individual and very Canadian, I guess I've lost some of my Chinese culture.
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After I learn more English, I'll work hard and make more films.
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I am an artist who works with Lego.
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I read the newspaper avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction.
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Work eight hours and sleep eight hours and make sure that they are not the same hours.
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If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for Christ helps and strengthens us and never abandons us. He is a true friend.
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For me to be with someone, he's got to be fit. Or at least doing something he loves. Following your passion - whether it's hiking or sports or whatever - is super sexy.
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Joe and I are still very aware of the fact that we live in a country where he criticised the government and lived another day. That trumps all. To paraphrase Churchill, democracy is the worst form of government apart from all the other forms of government. You constantly have to fight for it; you have to keep your government honest.
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Well, here's what I'll say: The storytellers of 'Lost' have taken us on a pretty great journey, and there have been questions along the way, and criticisms along the way, but if you look at the totality of the show, or the experience of it as a whole, I think as long as you look at it from that perspective you'll be happy.
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I'm not really a girl who likes to go out to lunch or cocktails or store openings.
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When I was 23, I went backpacking around Australia for three months. I saved up a few grand, quit my job and flew to Sydney, then went to Melbourne and up the East Coast, which was an incredible experience. I remember running out of money and getting my mum to send me a few hundred quid, which helped me get by.
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For those of us who try to keep remembering, Try to do our better than our best. Think of all the children in the drifts of snow. Winners never quit, but winters never rest.
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Around them the gawping locals sat, amazed with an amazement that never grew less…
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Some of my writing is very subconscious, and that's definitely what happened with 'Body Language' - I looped some basic bossa nova sounds and just started singing.
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I love the shape of cars. They are very inspiring as modern pieces of machinery. I can't drive, but I do like the look of them.
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I think if you've got people on your side, if you've got people really laughing, you are able to make them cry.
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I'm terribly happy at the moment - someone up there must be looking out for me.
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We need to have financial literacy in America, not just complaining about obstructionism. We need solutions. And I think the solutions are using high finance to make capitalism work for people around the world.
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Sourav's calm and assured presence sets him apart. His captaincy is of a high order but he bats sensibly and reads situations well. I hope Sourav too becomes a World Cup wining captain.
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Then again, what seems like nothing in the eyes of the world, when properly valued and put to use, can be among the greatest riches.
