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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It's very juicy to twirl your mustache and figure out why people do the horrible things that they do. It's not just because they are evil, but because that's how they somehow explain the world to themselves and justify themselves. It's always interesting figuring out how that happens.
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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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Fears are nothing more than a state of mind.
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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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We didn't necessarily have the best day today. Looking back, it was an ugly game two years ago.
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In life, new thoughts and ideas always clash with the old world order and habits.
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I remember when I did my Enron film, my executive producers at the time felt very strongly that I should mock the Enron executives more viciously because everybody wanted that moment.
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We can't have special interests sitting shotgun. We gotta have middle class families up in front. We don't mind the Republicans joining us. They can come for the ride, but they gotta sit in back.
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There are some days I feel fat. I'm not convinced there's going to be a moment where every woman in the world wakes up and feels like a million dollars. So, what I want to do is give women the tools that will help when those moments come up. Sometimes it can be as easy as telling yourself that you are beautiful.
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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.
