Edward Bok Quotes
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I get recognized so much. It happens mostly when I'm in Starbucks.
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Throughout my Enterprise career, I have been primarily operationally focused.
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When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.
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I hope to make movies that are so small they don't need to make anything to be profitable.
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I think back to some of the things Harry said and some of the things I said trying to be funny. If I said them now, it would be on the front page of every newspaper in the country.
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We are all focused each and every day on doing our jobs, chief executive of our states, until the very last hour that we are in office, and certainly the president is as well.
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The decline of manners, the cynical pursuit without shame or restraint of personal advantage and of money characterizes our times, not without exceptions, of course, but more than we ought to be comfortable with.
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Swimming is my passion and something that I love.
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I always wanted to be normal. I tried really hard, but it's like I try so hard and then people still say I'm offbeat. I've learnt to accept that and take advantage of it as an actor.
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There was definitely a time where I did not believe in the Lord. I needed to understand the love of God.
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I believe there is a direct correlation between love and laughter.
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I had a flip phone until I was 25, and I didn't use social media until that age, either.
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If God is not sending earthquakes, destroying economies and inflicting pain upon human beings, what is God doing? God works through people, calling them to help their neighbors in need. God comforts His people, walking with them even 'through the valley of the shadow of death.'
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Now that I'm gone, I tell you, don't smoke.
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If you actively do something, it will stop making you feel like a victim and you'll start feeling like part of the solution, which is just a huge benefit to your body and your psyche.
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I can't say that winning the Pen/Faulkner was a dream come true because I would never have dared to dream it.
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I don't think you'll ever get enough picking.
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I just want to show the fans my big smile and play the game that I love.
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Our parents have, by far, the greatest influence on shaping who we are and how we deal with the world.
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When I was a child, I had posters of James Dean in my room. I was a big admirer of his work and was fascinated by him living on the edge. Looking back, my life was kind of the same.
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Working at Pixar you learn the really honest, hard way of making a great movie, which is to surround yourself with people who are much smarter than you, much more talented than you, and incite constructive criticism; you'll get a much better movie out of it.
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If you go to Africa and you're white, you're probably not going to get that much work either. But the fact is that there is a longer history of black integration in the U.S. I don't have any resentment about this: I did the maths, calculated it against my ambition and decided to leave England.
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The price of success: hard work, patience, and a few sacrifices.
