Jack Kent Cooke Quotes
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You have to be un-comfortably comfortable in this business. There's always somebody else who wants what you have.
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I always watch the work I do.
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I like being scared, so I've always liked fairy tales because they're kind of creepy.
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Marriage happens; it can't be planned. When it has to happen, it will happen. Normally, what we always believe is that however prepared you are, if it's not meant to happen, it won't. And however much we have not planned, it will still happen if it's destined.
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I believe politicians should always remain realistic.
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The human capacity to be curious has always existed.
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Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.
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An incident that left an impression on me was the 1999 sub-junior national boxing championship held in Calcutta. I had trained extremely hard to get there but got kicked out in the first round itself. 'If others can win, why can't you?' I repeatedly asked myself.
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My first thought is always of light.
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I lived near Arthur's Seat when I lived in Edinburgh. It was the perfect playground as a child. I always have a wee run up there when I'm back.
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It's a scary thing going into the workforce with a $50,000 debt and you've been trained as a classical theatre actor. There's always a depression in the theatre.
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Stay humble. Always answer your phone - no matter who else is in the car.
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However careful a tramp may be to avoid places where there is abundant work, he cannot always succeed.
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He was a man, he always performed his promises.
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Fixity is always momentary. But how can it always be so? If it were, it would not be momentary - or would not be fixity.
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I've always wanted to be able to hold my breath for like, ever, and swim in the water like a fish.
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My wife thought I deserved it, but I always thought the Nobel a Western prize.
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I've always worn earplugs, but I'm sure my hearing's not great.
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Competing is intense among humans, and within a group, selfish individuals always win. But in contests between groups, groups of altruists always beat groups of selfish individuals.
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The only thing I'd ever wanted in my life was to be a major-league ballplayer, but I had to admit to myself that I wasn't good enough. It broke my heart.
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I can't really have any friends. It's sad, really. It's lonely. But that's how I am.
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Freediving can be extremely dangerous. It's got an incredibly high fatality rate outside of competition. But there's never been a fatality in competition. In terms of spear fishing and people who train by themselves, it's the second most dangerous sport in the world after base jumping. If you black out by yourself, you drown.
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Because one doesn't like the way things are is no reason to be unjust towards God.
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I've always had a will to succeed, to win, however you phrase it.
