Chris Gardner (Christopher Paul Gardner) Quotes
One of the things young people always ask me about is what is the secret to success. The secret is there is no secret. It's the basics. Blocking and tackling.
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The next phase of the journey is to move from speculation to actual use cases - people getting into Bitcoin because they want to use it.
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I always start the day by washing my face and moisturizing.
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The first thing I saw was that Brett Rogers had his way very quickly - in 20 seconds - with a UFC champion, Andrei Arlovski.
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When I was in the private sector, I found it immensely useful to go out and talk to customers and co-workers.
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The ADA is essential in helping me overcome the obstacles I face as a Wounded Warrior and empowers me to assist other veterans. It allows me to be physically active, have my pilot's license, and serve in Congress.
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At the end of the day, you can't have a vision; you have to have a hope. This is where the miracle comes in.
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People want entertainment, a whole night of it, a whole experience.
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'Sairat' is a film I absolutely loved. I have great regard for the movie and its film-maker. The movie blew my mind.
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If you're writing a thriller, mystery, Western or adventure-driven book, you'd better keep things moving rapidly for the reader. Quick pacing is vital in certain genres. It hooks readers, creates tension, deepens the drama, and speeds things along.
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I think media people know we're good at making content and how we can be smart about how to consume it. It's always a balance.
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It is often suggested that the A.N.C. is controlled by the Communist Party, by Communists. Well, I have been long enough in the A.N.C. to know that that has never been true.
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I have an interest in languages and make an effort to learn.
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I lived in Paris for six months when I was sixteen. It was a fend-for-yourself environment.
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I am an atheist, and if an atheist and a pope think the same things, there must be something true. It's that simple!
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Visually, a lot of the electronic artists have really interesting video and interesting things like that.
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What's a bigger mystery box than a movie theater? You go to the theater, you're just so excited to see anything - the moment the lights go down is often the best part.
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A lady once asked him how he came to define 'pastern', the knee of a horse: instead of making an elaborate defence, as might be expected, he at once answered, 'Ignorance, Madam, pure ignorance.'
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Jack Benny: Where's that big glass star I told you to pack away last Christmas?
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I consider myself just as normal as anybody else.
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Film is like a colony and there are very few colonists.
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The satellite business is a very successful business, very profitable business, and serves the broadcast market in addition to the telecoms market.
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In the Middle Ages, cathendrals and convents burned like tinder; imagining a medieval story without a fire is like imagining a World War II movie in the Pacific without a fighter plane shot down in flames.
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So many times, people want you to stay the way you were, be as you were before because they want to encapsulate you in a time so they can remember their youth. But you're here to continually push forward and move forward. That's where I'm at - I just want to always surprise people.
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One of the things young people always ask me about is what is the secret to success. The secret is there is no secret. It's the basics. Blocking and tackling.
