Bob Goff Quotes
Courage doesn't mean we're not afraid anymore, it just means our actions aren't controlled by our doubts.
Quotes to Explore
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I think that a lot of women that know they're going to be part of history somehow decide to have a character to be remembered by.
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It is often said by religious people that without its framework, there is no sense of right or wrong. My view is that religion comes after ethics.
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Today, if you are not confused, you are not thinking clearly.
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My tastes are aristocratic, my actions democratic.
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I don't think about the future. I don't think about the past. I just think of what comes into my head at the time. So that might be about the past, that might be about the future. Or, the present.
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Remember, China is the largest country in the world, so they have the confidence, the capital and resources to create large companies.
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Every song is like a kid. How can you have that many kids and have a favorite? Which one do I like to hang most with?
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I used to be a dancer, and for me it was a really good combination of dance and acting.
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There's been a big buzz about the Charlatans in the last couple of years. I've heard the word Charlatans more in the last few years than I'd heard it for the previous 20 years. People would interview me for years and never even mention the Charlatans.
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I do take this insane pleasure in world-building. I get the world in my head, but I have to make sure everyone else gets it.
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When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be.
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I would love to do some more comedy. I would love to do some silliness. I would love to do some characters that have greater vulnerability.
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It's always been my dream to do a dance scene with Anthony Hopkins.
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I tend to turn down roles that are too much like me, what I think is most like me anyhow, because I'm me all the time and I'm sick of it.
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Mars, when guilty of homicide, and set free from the charge of murder by the Athenians through favour, lest he should appear to be too fierce and savage, committed adultery with Venus.
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What happens when you're a child professional is that you have to be, well, professional. You're taught not to have tantrums, to always people-please.
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I'm exceptionally email un-savvy, so to reply to my emails is like a torture. It's like literally, half of all my emails, I get my secretary to type out for me. And the personal ones, I avoid and just pick up the phone and call them.
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I love basketball players for what they do for their size - so graceful.
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Wir sind bettler. Hoc est verum.
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You refused to fall in love with anyone else, Dmitri.” A whisper with the impact of a gun-shot. “So I had to come back for you . . . husband.
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Do you know that I am afraid that good people do a great deal of harm in this world? Certainly the greatest harm they do is that they make badness of such extraordinary importance.
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Sometimes pressure can be good, and it gives you a lot of energy to do something.
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Tennis is more than just a sport. It's an art, like the ballet. Or like a performance in the theater. When I step on the court I feel like Anna Pavlova. Or like Adelina Patti. Or even like Sarah Bernhardt. I see the footlights in front of me. I hear the whisperings of the audience. I feel an icy shudder. Win or die! Now or never! It's the crisis of my life.
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Courage doesn't mean we're not afraid anymore, it just means our actions aren't controlled by our doubts.
