Dan Inosanto Quotes
Research your own experience. Absorb what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.
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Twenty million more have Chronic Kidney Disease, where patients experience a gradual deterioration of kidney function, the end result of which is kidney failure.
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I admit I do have some drawbacks and limitations as a candidate. Although I am a professional comedian, some of my critics maintain that this is not enough. I cannot deny that I stand before you untested and inexperienced - I only spent two years in television, never as a romantic lead or a song and dance man.
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You can't live someone else's expectations in life. It's a recipe for disaster.
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There is no force so democratic as the force of an ideal.
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I truly loved Jason Reitman. I was there on his first film, 'Thank You For Smoking,' and I'd go work with him to do anything.
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My father taught me many important giving lessons, but two stand out. First, always give as much as you possibly can. And second, give equally from among your resources - your time, your mind and your capital. These are principles I live by.
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It hasn't really made it easier getting film work. It's not like I can call up a studio or a producer and say - insert haughty voice here - 'It's Parker. I guess you might know me as the indie queen. I'm wondering if you have any projects for me to be in.'
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When I was in college, I was a semiotics major, which is this hopelessly pretentious body of French literary theory.
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You're always facing the top defenders in this league. To go out there and do your best, that's all you can ask for.
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I have rules for a lot of areas of my life. Love is not going to be one of them.
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My daughter said, 'I don't think granddad really suits you.'
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For me life is a challenge. And it will be a challenge if I live to be 100 or if I get to be a trillionaire.
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The prevailing system of management has crushed fun out of the workplace.
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I don't like the bullying, do-one-over style of comedy. It's so cheap.
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Caltech was a meat grinder like I could never have imagined.
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How many movies do you see when you can say this director really knew what film he wanted to make? I can count them on the fingers of one hand.
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Music reality shows are a good thing, especially for those seeking a career in music.
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I buy books, I have shelves of books. I love to read.
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Creativity is the key for any child with dyslexia - or for anyone, for that matter. Then you can think outside of the box. Teach them anything is attainable. Let them run with what you see is whatever they need to run with.
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Fashion is this obsessive narrative that people don't understand but they can't stop looking at.
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Adversity gives birth to greatness. The greater the challenges and difficulties we face, the greater the opportunity we have to grow and develop as people. A life without adversity, a life of ease and comfort, produces nothing and leaves us with nothing. This is one of the indisputable facts of life.
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Something I can't stress enough is the massive importance of work experience. It's the only way to find out what work is really like when you're figuring out what path to take and to get an understanding of what it takes to achieve your career ambitions.
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Research your own experience. Absorb what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.
