Bob Walker Quotes
We had an open house when we launched the book and 900 people passed through in the first four hours.
Quotes to Explore
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If men can quilt and take over the kitchen, then women can pick up a wrench and fix a leaky pipe.
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The way I like to work is to attach personal experiences to what I'm doing, so it helps tremendously if I can write my own play under what the writer has written.
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But who knows, some years from now if there's a global emissions trading scheme agreement, as many have hoped for, then I'm sure Australia would be part of it.
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I want to be able to make people laugh and cry and feel happy or sad and feel all these different emotions through singing and acting. Hopefully throughout my career, I'll get to pursue them.
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And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.
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I found one had to do some work every day, even at midnight, because either you're professional or you're not.
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I had my moments when I got very frightened that I would not recover.
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If you do not love yourself, well, you cannot do anything well, that's my philosophy.
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If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it.
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I think a lot of people want me to be like the characters in the books: they want that kind of congruence.
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You don't realize how much you use your credit card not even to buy things. It's a card you get so you can navigate society.
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If I didn't love the hourglass, I wouldn't love myself.
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Remember, you can always find East by staring directly at the sun.
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We can close the gap and improve what happens in the classroom by using educational technology that is the same high quality everywhere.
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There's so many good comedians in D.C. I started hanging out with those guys. Dave Chappelle was there. Actually, Dave was too young to be in the clubs, so when his mom couldn't make it, he would ask me to pretend I was his aunt, so he could do open mike.
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I don't like being stagnant. I want to continue to grow and just be better at what I do, and the only way to do that is to keep stepping outside of your comfort zone.
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I'm gluten intolerant, so that automatically cuts carbs from my diet.
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A soul preoccupied with great ideas best performs small duties.
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Are we really so far from the Victorians? Much of what our society holds important was shaped in the 19th century.
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A fundamental duty of government is to protect its people.
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We also can't try to take over and rebuild every country that falls into crisis. That's not leadership; that's a recipe for quagmire, spilling American blood and treasure that ultimately weakens us. It's the lesson of Vietnam, of Iraq - and we should have learned it by now.
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Ironically, for the mega-rich, recession brings with it the ability to live well at a lower cost and with less of a hassle.
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Never look for right in the other man, but never cease to be right yourself. We always look for justice in this world, but there is no such thing as justice. Jesus says — Never look for justice, but never cease to give it.
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We had an open house when we launched the book and 900 people passed through in the first four hours.
