Christopher Bollen Quotes
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The scene changes but the aspirations of men of good will persist.
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You can't hold back. You can't think of the subtleties of playing. You just have to get out and really bare it all, and hopefully you don't fall off the plank. And if you do, hey, pick yourself up, dust yourself down, and start all over again.
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I think what's important in a good manager and a good agent is that they know your vision and that they are passionate about you and believe in you. Because if they don't, then they're not going to work hard for you, and they're going to send you out on things that you don't want to do.
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At school I got teased because I was so thin and awkward-looking. But the girls on TV looked similar to me. I would say to my mum, 'The girls at school are teasing me, but I look like those girls on TV.'
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I can't deal with someone flashy. That's so not me.
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I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.
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I don't feel that no big stone should be put over my head, saying he did this, he did that. Unless there's something that I really did do. I believe I'm just ordinary. And I'd like for people to think of me that way, as just a guy that tried. Wanted to be loved by other people because he loved people.
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If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.
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A day on a film set is maddening.
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I'm going to get you a broken alarm clock so you'll get up in the morning.
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Vol. II, Alfred A. Knopf, 1928, p. 461
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All preconceptions when you laugh go out the window. Laughter kills it.
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I love Taco Bell. Whenever I go there, I could get anything on the menu and be totally happy.
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U.S. trade policy is not just about the relationship between our nation and other countries. It is part of a larger conversation about living wage, consumer protection, job security, and a better quality of life for all Americans.
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My grandmother was the daughter of pioneers, as was my grandfather, and they were farmers. And they worked the land, and there is a grounded value system that becomes inherent in knowing what's real and what's powerful. And understanding the material nature of not only man, but beasts and profit and all of those things that you fight for.
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And I believe that good journalism, good television, can make our world a better place.
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Hip-hop is supposed to uplift and create, to educate people on a larger level and to make a change.
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KIND had grown from a team of dedicated, overworked generalists to a large, professional organization with specialists who had either come in from outside or had been groomed internally to grow in a focused area about which they're passionate.
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There are still some natural forces that everybody understands. Technology and industry have distanced people from nature and magic and human values.
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Earning of livelihood by following some profession is better than living on charity.
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The trees encountered on a country stroll Reveal a lot about that country's soul ... A culture is no better than its woods.
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I spent my whole career thinking about risk, markets, infrastructure, and regulation. I had seen the financial crisis unfold, and I had seen the credit derivatives market get operationally ahead of itself, which resulted in systemic risk counterparty exposures. I began to believe that distributed ledgers had the capability to tackle that problem.
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Hatred is blind; rage carries you away; and he who pours out vengeance runs the risk of tasting a bitter draught.
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Secrets are never secure because they are always at risk of being found out.
