Edward Bok Quotes
A young person, to achieve, must first get out of his mind any notion either of the ease or rapidity of success. Nothing ever just happens in this world.
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Some of us are lucky enough to choose what we wear, and some of us don't have that luxury, but we all are communicating something to the world around us by what we wear, no matter if it's sweatpants or a tuxedo.
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My second-grade teacher went around the class and asked everybody what they were going to be when they grew up. I said, 'I want to travel the world,' and he said, 'You'll be married and pregnant by 21, just like all the girls in this room.'
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Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.
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We need to keep making our streets safer and our criminal justice system fairer - our homeland more secure, our world more peaceful and sustainable for the next generation.
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I'm just a person who forgives and forgets. I have a hard time holding grudges.
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It's not even race; it's a certain type of person that gets 'Pootie Tang.'
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The Internet is just a bunch of servers and broadband cables and routers that traffic data around the world. But I think now the Internet is starting to become an entity that society views as a human thing.
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Isaac and I are going to Israel to ride for peace enviromental justice and a safer world for us all.
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Israeli teachers are not required to hold an academic degree, and their salaries are the lowest in the Western world.
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I would like to do something to help people and help the world.
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All the world has been converted and Washington is the modem Mecca.
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I'm not cool at all. I'm the least cool person I know.
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No one has a corner on success. It is his who pays the price.
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Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind.
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I definitely storyboard, but I only start once I have cast and location. I like to find the world first.
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When you're devoted to a greater freedom in the world, you're willing to compromise something you love.
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I'm German in my mind, but from a Germany that doesn't exist any more.
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One of my favorite albums in the world is Bruce Springsteen's 'Nebraska.' Each song has this very distinct character who has something profound to say.
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I am not a prisoner of my sexuality like men younger than myself although I write about being a prisoner.
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I'm very honest in my music and I'm often asked to explain the lyrics; as an introvert, I find that quite hard. And I always wear high heels on stage, which can be painful.
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It meant something to see people who looked like me in comic books. It was this beautiful place that I felt pop culture should look like.
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I tell young people, including my own kids, don't do this, it's too difficult. It's a career full of rejection, disappointment and failure. It's murderously hard on the ego. Don't become an actor.
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My mother went into the Peace Corps when she was sixty-eight.
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A young person, to achieve, must first get out of his mind any notion either of the ease or rapidity of success. Nothing ever just happens in this world.
