Taylor Hackford Quotes
It's very clearly stated in the film: You make your own choices, and what you're always fighting is ego.

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I am convinced that in order for you, as a patient, to be protected, it has to be transparent, evidence-based, objective information. Not self-serving information. Not pharma-driven information. Not ad-driven information. It is transparent, objective, evidence-based information.
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I'm fighting hard to make the world a better place, and you can, too. Get involved with your community, be a leader, set an example, be passionate, be your best.
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It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.
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I was asking Charlie the most important questions, and you heard the answers.
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And it's a question of how far we're willing to go in order to let the ego shine, in order to let that beacon penetrate not only the local scene but the world.
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If you're going on a plane journey, you're more likely to take one of my stories than 'Finnegan's Wake.'
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Would you believe in what you believe in if you were the only one who believed it?
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Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you.
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Look before you leap for as you sow, ye are like to reap.
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For every person that doesn't like you, there's gonna be somebody who does.
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When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
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The man does not beat your head because you got a Cadillac or because you got a Ford; he beats you because you're black!
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Oracle's latest database, version 12c, was specifically designed for the cloud. Oracle 12c makes all your Oracle applications multitenant applications without you having to make any changes whatsoever to your applications.
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A fascinating breed, Old Etonians. Impeccable in their social skills and very portable - you can put them anywhere, and they are absolutely charming.
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Read over your compositions, and when you meet a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.
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When you write as a woman, there's this feeling there's going to be a softness.
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My roots are in stand-up, and stand-up is very freeing. There's no script involved; you just fly.
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You can't date if you're famous. That's how it seems to me.
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If you don't make the best-seller list, if you don't get shortlisted for any prizes, it's goodbye.
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Even though things happen by accident, you also unconsciously choose things that help you.
Nastassja Kinski -
A good idea is like a lighted match, easily blown out by the cold winds of rigid management.
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I don't have any plugs or tucks but people do what they want. I look at it as mutilation.
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I love being a wife and homemaker - because it's my choice. My husband doesn't expect me to do it. I don't mind doing things for him because he does so much for me; we both feel that way so there is no power struggle.
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It's very clearly stated in the film: You make your own choices, and what you're always fighting is ego.