George Takei Quotes
In many ways, my decision to come out changed the course not only of my personal life but of my professional one as well.
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There's so many confusing messages that you're being sent about being pretty but not too pretty, smart but not too smart, ambitious but in a way that makes people comfortable. It's very hard to navigate.
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Cultures and races are mixing in a very organic way in the world, and that should be reflected in film and television.
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Now, everybody knows my music. So that's really cool. A lot of kids know it. Now, when I go to a sports game, everybody knows my name.
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It didn't scare me to be vulnerable because I think that's when you get something great.
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My life has been a dream. If someone had to write a story about it, it would seem a little unreal. It's the kind of story I would read and say, 'Nah, that's not possible.'
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Chet loved artists. He did. But he was caught up in the system. He had two hats. He had to have 'em because he did two things: he was an artist, and he was an executive.
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I'm not nervous standing with anyone.
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Our family suffers from a hereditary condition called, generally, mental illness. Specifically, multiple family members in successive generations have suffered from either bipolar disorder or schizophrenia.
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I'd like to be curvier.
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I don't have much choice these days in how I have my hair.
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As an HR Manager, you don't have to build a top-down perks program. You decide how much you want to invest in your employees, and then you give your employees the control to build a custom perk package for themselves.
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Even if I flop, I still qualified for the Games, and that was my goal. My target was to be at an Olympics for the third time with people I like.
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I went to college. I had a double major in biology and physical education, but my major was wrestling.
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I was about 14 when I started with a theater group; it was like a stage group on the weekends alongside school. And it was run by a group of guys who'd been to drama school themselves in London. So they introduced us to techniques that they'd learn about, and they kind of informed us about improvisation and screenwriting and all of that stuff.
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I think that designers have an incredibly broad creative repertoire. They solve. They create images of perfection for any number of clients. I could never do that. I'm my client. That's the difference between an artist and a designer; it's a client relationship.
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Some players get over-dependable on their coaches.
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Elimination race is my thing. I really enjoy that event.
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Before, boxing was something that I did. Now, boxing is who I am.
Mandy Bujold
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There was a point - when I was a kid - where I said I wanted to be like Luke Skywalker, with blond hair and blue eyes. My mom right there told me to never be ashamed of who I am.
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I always tell people that my life is in pencil; I have to keep an eraser in my hand because I could always get a call that could change everything.
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We were taught to think that Paris was the center of the universe.
Etel Adnan -
The life of man in this world is like the life of a fly in a room filled with 100 boys, each armed with a fly-swatter.
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In many ways, my decision to come out changed the course not only of my personal life but of my professional one as well.
