Patrick Soon-Shiong Quotes
We need to think of chronic disease, hypertension, cancer, like H1N1. In fact, there's an epidemic of chronic disease.
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A world without Tony Randall is a world that I cannot recognize.
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My dad was one of four children. His three siblings were female, and he loved and protected them.
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The cool thing about my profession is that I can do it until the day I die.
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Acting is something different to everybody. I just know that if you watch an actor or actress getting better and better, I think that's them just understanding themselves better and better.
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I never had only one job. I was either playing ball or writing or doing TV or modeling.
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It seems to me that 'women's writing' by nature would not seek equivalence in the male world. It would be a writing that sought to express a distinction, not deny it.
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I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible for my attitude toward the inevitable misfortunes that darken life.
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My mum made me feel if I wanted to become prime minister, I could do it.
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If you're expecting an intellectual film, then you will be disappointed.
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I prefer to believe it's my responsibility if a film of mine works or doesn't work.
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I am going to enjoy some other things apart from business.
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There's no business like show business.
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The hardest thing about being an unpublished writer is that there's always that voice in your head that asks if you're really being a fool. You might just really stink and not know it. You have to have a lot of blind faith in the process. You have to like it so much that you're going to do it anyway.
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I always had the theory that the most important thing is be happy, enjoy what are you doing, and be fresh mentally.
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You can find dozens of books about people taking the Trans-Siberian Railroad. I knew I had to do something different to cross Siberia. To drive and to talk with people along the way, that was how I wrote my book 'Great Plains'. I drove and camped in Siberia, but did not have a real program.
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I know a lot of people struggle with the idea of Jesus and their idea of God. I think, if you don't even know what you're praying to or who you're praying to, based on what I know to be true, regardless, God's always listening.
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Like most Russians, I am very superstitious, and if I don't get married, I don't get divorced.
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I will never do a record without some sense of responsibility.
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On the whole, I don't like reading long books. I'm not a fan of 'Ulysses.' And I haven't quite finished 'War and Peace.'
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I'm most honest about writing when I'm talking to family or friends, not to newspapers.
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I just wanted laughs - that's really what I was after.
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There is nothing worse than when actors come to a set - and it happens a lot with big stars - and they are too aware of where the camera is. They are the show. And that becomes apparent and it affects the production. I am like 'You should not know where the camera is - you should act, and I will do the rest.'
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In a society that glorifies the pioneers, it's easy to think that an endeavor is only worth pursuing if you can be the first to pursue it.
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We need to think of chronic disease, hypertension, cancer, like H1N1. In fact, there's an epidemic of chronic disease.
