Cory Booker Quotes
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	I like being from a city that is not entrenched in show business. When you're in New York City or Los Angeles, even if you're not dealing with show business, there's still this sense that it's the center of the universe.   
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	I've always had an affinity for the fashion industry - I've always been drawn to it. But I grew up in Calgary in Canada, which, being a fairly isolated city, is not particularly known for having anything to do with fashion.   
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	I see myself as an artist who happens to do cartoons.   
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	Some people ask me, Do they put aging makeup on you? It's just this very nice street makeup.   
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	My friends tell me I have an intimacy problem. But they don't really know me.   
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	In so far as such a theory is empirically correct it will also tell us what empirical facts it should be possible to observe in a given set of circumstances.   
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	I love adventure sports. And, I love cooking.   
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	One thing you know, if you've been in technology a while, you're only as good as the last thing you did. No one wants an original iPod. No one wants an iPhone 3GS.   
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	Because I was a diminutive, arty kid, I felt like a misfit in high school - but who doesn't?   
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	In England especially, I've found that if you bring up King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson at a dinner party or a social gathering, it's like throwing a Molotov cocktail into the room.   
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	'Iggy' was my dog - he was named after Iggy Pop - and 'Azalea' is the street where I grew up; together, they have the right amount of syllables to make the perfect name.   
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	'Dancing with the Stars' is awesome.   
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	Spiritual practice should not be confused with grim duty. It is the laughter of the Dalai Lama and the wonder born with every child.   
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	Harry Potter to me is a bore. His talent arrives as a gift; he's chosen. Who can identify with that? But Hermione - she's working harder than anyone, she's half outsider, right? Half Muggle. She shouldn't be there at all. It's so unfair that Harry's the star of the books, given how hard she worked to get her powers.   
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	I enjoy being Jewish, but I'm an atheist... I hate fundamentalism in all its forms. Jews, Catholics, Baptists, I think they are all potty and capable of destroying the world.   
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	Wine is something to enjoy. We get sick and tired of people who pick it apart and talk about its 'saucy nuances.'   
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	'Transformers' was important and defining for me because it taught me about what kinds of movies I want to make and the kind of actor I want to be, and I have a long way to go before I become that actor.   
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	Do I pray? Yes. Prayer is very important to me.   
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	A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.   
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	Nothing drives me more than to, hopefully, be able to hand (Steelers chairman Dan Rooney) that fifth (Vince Lombardi) trophy. If I can do that, then I would think, that when he brought me here, I finally accomplished what he wanted me to do.   
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	Trust is the one thing that affects everything else you're doing. It's a performance multiplier which takes your trajectory upwards, for every activity you engage in, from strategy to execution.   
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	I live in L.A. and love L.A., and you couldn't drag me out of there kicking and screaming.   
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	With every character, you alter, you can’t be attached to your own identity.   
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	Leadership is not a position or a title, it is action and example.   
 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					