Eliyahu Goldratt Quotes
Good luck is when opportunity meets preparation, while bad luck is when lack of preparation meets reality.
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I don't have the looks to compete at a bar, and I'm not that funny. So the last thing I want is to be in a situation where that's what I'm competing on. I'd rather be on OkCupid or Match, where I can write a 300-word essay about myself that's really good.
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The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race.
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I think I was dealt a good hand. I have happy genes.
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I'm planning to be here forever, but I know at some point I'll probably have to give it up. If you live to 100, there's a very good chance you'll live forever. Because very few people die after 100.
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I decided I would go to Chicago and try my luck as a writer after those eight months as a fireman.
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I perhaps ought to say that individually I never was much interested in the Texas question. I never could see much good to come of annexation, inasmuch as they were already a free republican people on our own model.
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The inner reality of love can be recognized only by love.
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Good fiction creates empathy. A novel takes you somewhere and asks you to look through the eyes of another person, to live another life.
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I put a lot of pressure on myself. I think something's not good enough, and I won't stop until I feel like I've made it. I'm never satisfied.
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My mom and grandma, growing up, one thing they emphasized was that you need to make sure that anything you put on your skin is also digestible by the body. For example, if something isn't safe for me to eat or consume, it's probably not good for your face. So I do a lot of natural remedies.
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Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' was a story about the fear of immigration; the bad old bloodsucker swooping in from Eastern Europe and also preying upon 'our' vulnerable women.
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I have never had the opportunity to play in England, so I know little about it.
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If any artist abuses his audience as a means to any end, noble or ignoble, he better have a damn good reason for it.
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The mission that unites all of the programs of the Teach For All global network is that of cultivating the leadership capacity critical to ultimately ensuring educational opportunity for all.
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Yoga helps me with a composed and serene state of mind, which is good for writing.
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Having a simple career as a musician who liked music was good enough for me.
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When you play a character, you get to see the world through their eyes. Whether it's a fictional world or a real world, you do get to see somebody else's point of view, whether he's a good guy or a bad guy.
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Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.
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I get to delve into some of the most creative experience I've had as an actor on 'Mr. Robot.' I think there's a wide opportunity for actors to do that now more so than ever on television.
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My God, my God, who am I attending to? How many am I? Who is me? What is this interval between me and me?
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Elvis Presley's estate is making 30 million a year, and they say that Marley shouldn't be, but he is from a much poorer part of the world, and a lot more people need the money.
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I have such admiration for single mothers. I simply don't comprehend how you'd cope with that intensity, the lack of breaks, ever, on your own.
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That no-hitter stuff was a long time ago; I don't think that has anything to do with it. I'm just going through a tough time.
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Good luck is when opportunity meets preparation, while bad luck is when lack of preparation meets reality.
