Hal Sparks Quotes
Someone needs to remind American CEOs that if you can't run a company that is innovative, financially sound and doesn't poison the rest of us, You can't run a company.
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When you are dining with a demon, you got to have a long spoon.
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My background playing soccer gave me a natural advantage over many of the American-born players.
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When an American says that he loves his country, he means not only that he loves the New England hills, the prairies glistening in the sun, the wide and rising plains, the great mountains and the sea. He means that he loves an inner air, inner life in which freedom lives. In which a man can draw the breath of self-respect.
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If you tell me I can't eat something, I'll obsess over it and end up overeating!
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If you learn the craft, you can make a movie and get by with tricks.
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You set up the story, but the characters start talking, and they go places that you didn't expect. You have to follow.
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I was playing a defensive guard in 'My All American' who is a really fast runner, so a lot of my training was running. I wasn't too worried about bulking up because he was supposed to be on the small side.
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Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.
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If you publish something in traditional media, it's one-way. With social media, we get all this info coming back from those who read our posts.
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There was no United States before slavery. I am sure somebody can make some sort of argument about modern French identity and slavery and North Africa, but there simply is no American history before black people.
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There's nothing worse than a director who feels more like a cop than a comrade, so I try to never give orders or create an environment where it's 'my way or the highway,' because actually allowing talented people to bring their originality and insight always brings more depth and complexity than if everyone has to do what you tell them to!
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Being boring is just wrong, isn't it? You wouldn't have got anywhere being boring.
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When you're a pro athlete, life is very narcissistic - everything relates back to you and how you play. When you are getting out of pro sports, you suddenly have to get a little more mindful of what's going on around you and how you affect the rest of the world.
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Be kind to one another. You may need each other when you are older.
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Maybe 'America first' means also that you have to deal with America first.
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As a grandson of farmers in downstate Illinois, I have long admired the dedication of farmers to their work and have written about the role of agriculture in American innovation.
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I mean, like, I can go in a room and say, look, 'Watchmen' should be at least 15 minutes longer than 'Batman.' I mean, that's, like, any geek will tell you that.
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When in doubt, you bring in relatives. Nepotism is a part of my work.
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God wants you well. God wants you prosperous. God wants you a whole person.
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You take away the money from Israel? No. That's something we can't do.
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For every man who lives without freedom, the rest of us must face the guilt.
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My freshman year, I played third, and sophomore and junior, third.
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I guess I started running when I was about 18 and... I feel like it assists my creativity a bit because it completely just flushes everything out.
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Someone needs to remind American CEOs that if you can't run a company that is innovative, financially sound and doesn't poison the rest of us, You can't run a company.
