George S. Clason Quotes
Proper preparation is the key to our success. Our acts can be no wiser than our thoughts. Our thinking can be no wiser than our understanding.
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We need more people working in the publishing industry itself who are people of colour.
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The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.
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I technically have two last names, which is a lot of fun when you're making airline reservations.
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I believe in censorship. I made a fortune out of it.
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Life is a series of steps. Things are done gradually. Once in a while there is a giant step, but most of the time we are taking small, seemingly insignificant steps on the stairway of life.
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You can learn so much from children, and you can give them so much.
Nastassja Kinski
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I was actually supposed to be a basketball player, not an actress. My parents had me playing basketball on competitive teams when I was in kindergarten. Even though my heart belongs to the arts, I'm a tomboy at heart, too.
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My mother - it's not one of those waxing-poetic kind of things - she literally worked two or three jobs most of her life. So I personally experienced that, even though I had these great friends and associations who had unlimited amounts of money. That juxtaposition was an interesting one.
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Just making a good movie is hard to do.
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After I convinced them that I was a harmless novelist, I actually got them to give me a tour of the harem - which is usually off limits for tourists.
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Basically, Apollo was more of a mediator between Zeus in Olympus and Perseus on Earth. He played much more of an active role.
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What I find interesting about Captain Action is that he is more an adventurer and spy than he is a soldier.
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To an adolescent, there is nothing in the world more embarrassing than a parent.
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I just pinch myself, because I think if there's anything I can be proud of, I've survived success, which I think is difficult these days.
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My whole philosophy is about playing dress-up.
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People will always try to change you. They will always want you to be who they want you to be. That's fine because I'll always be exactly who I want to be.
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I have a lot of friends who get up most mornings and go to jobs they absolutely hate. I don't think that's what life is about and I'm so fortunate that I actually love what I do.
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All through life I've harbored anger rather than expressed it at the moment.
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There's a misconception that actors with no background don't get any exposure from big production houses. I think people should start rethinking about it.
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Thinking about free speech brought me to media regulation, as Americans access so much of their political and cultural speech through mass media. That led me to work on the FCC's media ownership rules beginning in 2005 to fight media consolidation, working with those at Georgetown's IPR, Media Access Project, Free Press, and others.
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It is extraordinary how extraordinary the ordinary person is.
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Oh yeah, we all write. That's what's great about when you have basics in piano.
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Proper preparation is the key to our success. Our acts can be no wiser than our thoughts. Our thinking can be no wiser than our understanding.
