T.I. (Clifford Joseph Harris Jr.) Quotes
I always tried to work hard and stay focused, and just use one opportunity to contribute to the next.
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Early in 1986, the World Health Organization in Geneva still regarded AIDS as an ailment of the promiscuous few.
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In a democracy, allegations will never improve situations. So, I'm against allegations, but I always welcome criticism.
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Unfortunately, America doesn't have a minister of culture, and I don't understand why. It's really bad for young people.
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Service to others seems the only intelligent choice for the use of wealth.
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Suning Appliance has no problem of financial risk. Do you think I'm risky? I'm definitely not risky.
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A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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Most of the tasks we do are for humans. For example, a tax calculation is counting numbers so the government can pull money out from my wallet, but government consists of humans.
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We would like to preserve Europe for Europeans.
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When I began to think about the head of the family, the storyteller, the rise of television which became the new storyteller, the break-up of the American family as an idea and then Avalon came.
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Do not be bullied out of your common sense by the specialist; two to one, he is a pedant.
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In the country the darkness of night is friendly and familiar, but in a city, with its blaze of lights, it is unnatural, hostile and menacing. It is like a monstrous vulture that hovers, biding its time.
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One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.
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Sometimes it's more difficult to achieve a 10% cost reduction than it is to tell people they have to achieve 50%. Small incremental steps block your view of doing something fundamentally different.
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I'm not really a fan of people who think they're better than others. There's no reason to act that way. I couldn't even stand to yell at someone if they bumped right into me.
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The truth about filmmaking is you have all these ideas and you're trying to convince everybody that they should buy into this idea, but at two o'clock in the morning when you're all on your own you're going, 'Geez, I hope I know what I'm doing. I hope this idea is gonna work.'
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I like to leave a film open-ended, with a lingering feeling. I'll not do sequels of any of my films till I have subjects to explore.
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Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causing you to bump into people not going your way.
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My parents have a wonderful marriage, but they have been together since my mother was 12, married when they were just teenagers and are barely ever separated. They even work together. As a result, I have always thought of marriage as involving the loss of a certain amount of autonomy.
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The scripture is filled with examples of genuine masculinity; you could mine David's story for probably a year by itself. And we have to get the masculinity of Jesus back. Not the pale-faced altar boy, but the man that made a weapon and cleared the temple, who boldly cast out demons and calmed the raging sea.
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The hardest obstacles for Bitcoin companies are banking and regulation.
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As I travel across the country speaking about MS, perhaps I can offer others comfort and hope.
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I always tried to work hard and stay focused, and just use one opportunity to contribute to the next.
