Bob Goff Quotes
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This gold medal, to me, is a very good outcome from the many years I've spent on my professional career.
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When I am cast in a movie where I feel that the woman's part is more interesting, I usually start thinking about Spencer Tracy and Fred Astaire. They seem to be the most clear actors when working with women.
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The great thing about America is I've never felt like an outsider. I'm just a different piece of the puzzle.
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When I went to Juventus, I was young, but in training, I had legends like Fabio Cannavaro and Lilian Thuram marking me. I had to work hard to get my respect.
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They have a crystalline sense of right and wrong; it disappears when they walk out the door with their M.B.A.
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The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.
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The realistic value of a work is completely independent of its properties in terms of content.
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I refuse to confide and don't like it when people write about art.
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Giving a phenomenon a label does not explain it.
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The process of reclaiming the self is one of reconciliation with meaning.
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The nice thing about Reddit is, we don't have to sell your data or build a profile of you or do stuff that makes people feel uncomfortable.
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My parents have Google Alerts on me. So they'll often times send me an e-mail and be like, 'Hey did you know this?' And then I'll be like, 'Well, it is, like, my life. So yes, I did know that.' Or, 'That's not even true. I don't know where you read that.' I have Googled myself, yes. But my parents really have Google Alerts on me.
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I used to be pretty reckless. When I was a runner for a production company, I drove a massive 16 seater van. I was only 18. I mean I look young now, but then I looked about 12.
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I take pride in taking care of all the housework so that my wife, who works as a designer for Martha Stewart, won't need to sacrifice any of her leisure time when she gets home.
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A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father.
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We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.
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In 2001, I was being treated for breast cancer, and I was pretty sure I was going to recover.
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Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.
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Every single being, even those who are hostile to us, is just as afraid of suffering as we are, and seeks happiness in the same way we do. Every person has the same right as we do to be happy and not to suffer. So let's take care of others wholeheartedly, of both our friends and our enemies. This is the basis for true compassion.
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The art of healing comes from nature, not from the physician. Therefore the physician must start from nature, with an open mind.
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I always sang and I always wrote...it's just having that ambition. You really can't let go of your dreams.
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I never thought of it as God. I didn't know what to call it. I don't believe in devils, but demons I do because everyone at one time or another has some kind of a demon, even if you call it by another name, that drives them.
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For the soul of a person to be inflamed with passion for the living God, that person's mind must first be informed about the character and will of God. There can be nothing in the heart that is not first in the mind. Though it is possible to have theology on the head without its piercing the soul, it cannot pierce the soul without first being grasped by the mind.
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Love God, love your neighbors, and do stuff!
