Bear Grylls Quotes
As a young boy, scouting gave me a confidence and camaraderie that is hard to find in modern life.
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When I was 13, I had these episodes where I could just see the world without any words attached to it, without any associations. It was a little bit spooky. A lot of people might have even thought it was pathological. I thought it was interesting.
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I had 45 amateur fights, and I was able to win two national titles in those three years as an amateur.
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What brought the British to the Gambia in the first place - which was bigger than it is now - was trade in ivory because the Gambia had a lot of elephants. They wiped out all the elephants and ended up selling Africans.
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I definitely want to work on a project with young designers, not just French but international.
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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People often believe that character causes action, but when it comes to producing moral children, we need to remember that action also shapes character.
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I just like to stay a little quiet and just do my own thing. If I win a little more, I think I'll get a little bit more attention.
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My dad was a good athlete. My mom had longevity. There were some athletic genes that certainly got passed down.
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I have a funny family, but none of them are remotely in show business.
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I love science fiction when it's well-done. I don't like campy stuff. I don't like stuff that's too fantastical.
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Many people consider the things government does for them to be social progress but they regard the things government does for others as socialism.
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I grew up in California, and when I read that Proposition 8 was on the ballot, I was disappointed because it seemed to be inconsistent with the spirit of the state, with the independence and diversity of the frontier that California has always been.
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But I was very, very unhappy because my mother was very charming and generous, but to me, very dominating.
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We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.
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The one word that no politician will ever speak, is 'enough.' Enough.
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I'm really looking forward to working with Meghan Trainor because that's in the pipeline, and I'm eager for it to really happen.
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You can over-think things. If the script's good, everything you need is in there. I just try and feel it and do it honestly. I also don't learn things for auditions, because I feel like it's just a test of memorising rather than being real.
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I'm just kind of focused on playing the game and try to get better at certain things and wipe the slate clean every night.
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Arithmetic is where the answer is right and everything is nice and you can look out of the window and see the blue sky - or the answer is wrong and you have to start over and try again and see how it comes out this time.
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I would imagine that the more time you spend talking to another person, the more you're going to lie to them. So if you spend a lot of time with your relations, you're probably lying a lot to them.
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Because the truth is, today's immigrants, as they have for generation after generation, work the longest hours at the hardest jobs for the lowest pay, jobs that are just about impossible to fill.
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If you take the contempt some Americans have for yuppies and multiply it by 10 you might come close to understanding their attitude towards the City, as they call it - London, the people of the south.
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Tod's customers - whatever their nationality - want the very best things in life.
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As a young boy, scouting gave me a confidence and camaraderie that is hard to find in modern life.
