Bob Herbert Quotes
The soldiers in Iraq are fighting, suffering and dying . . . anonymously and pointlessly, while the rest of us are free to buckle ourselves into the family vehicle and head off to the malls and shop.
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It took me a while and a lot of hard times to figure out my purpose, I am so happy with my life. I just want to help make other people happy, too.
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I don't know what it's like in the U.S. but immigrants in the U.K. do the jobs the citizens won't do.
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In basic training we had been told to watch out for Japanese spies.
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In the best material, you always should be able to somehow make a case for a story to be transposed to any other time.
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Life ain't always beautiful, but it's a beautiful ride.
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For me, choice is the most important thing because I'm going to be an adult actor pretty soon. So I've got to be choosing the right roles now so that by the time I get to that age there will be wide options available.
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Colombian humor is very black, very sarcastic.
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SOLOSHOT is such a brilliant idea and an athlete's dream. It has given me the ability to film myself training without anyone's help - it's perfect because I can go to the beach, set up my SOLOSHOT, and not have to rely on anyone to stand there and film me from the beach for hours.
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Frankly I'm fairly boring or fairly busy. Between writing and family, I have little time for anything else.
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Never give up: There are certain times that you think, 'OK, you have beaten me down to my knees. And now the challenge is, I am on my knees and you keep on beating me down. And the question is, are you going to keep beating me all the way to the ground or will I find a way to struggle my way back on to my feet.'
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And as well as I dream, I reason if I want, for that's just another kind of dream.
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The future is usually imagined as either better or worse than the present. If the imagined future is better, it gives you hope or pleasurable anticipation. If it is worse, it creates anxiety. Both are illusory.
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On our plane knowledge and ignorance are the immemorial adversaries.
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We need to do something about the culture of violence.
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I'm not a perfectionist at all. I find perfectionists boring because the real creative heart is in the mess somewhere.
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I suppose the first big shift in my life was when, at the age of 8, my father left my mother, leaving her alone with two daughters to bring up. That taught me the importance of women being financially independent. You never know what might happen.
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We deify willpower and self-control - and mock its absence. People who achieve through remarkable willpower are 'strong' and 'heroic.' People who need help or structure are 'weak.' This is crazy - because few of us can accurately gauge or predict our willpower.
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If Home Depot doesn't have it, Mark Bradford doesn't need it.
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A highly developed stock exchange cannot be a club for the cult of ethics.
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Thoughts are the gun, words are the bullets, deeds are the target, the bulls-eye is heaven.
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Be bold and courageous. When you look back on your life, you'll regret the things you didn't do more than the ones you did.
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Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
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The soldiers in Iraq are fighting, suffering and dying . . . anonymously and pointlessly, while the rest of us are free to buckle ourselves into the family vehicle and head off to the malls and shop.
