Ken Kercheval Quotes
My doctor found a spot on my lung. He told me it looked like adenocarcinoma, a cancer he attributes to smoking. He didn't need to biopsy it.
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It's better to do a film that works.
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The tagline at Westin hotels is that they strive to surprise and delight their guests. This is exactly what a college essay should do.
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I was excited when King's College announced a scholarship for students who are in developing countries.
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People first concern themselves with meeting their basic needs; only afterwards, do they pursue any higher needs.
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One of the things I had to learn as a writer was to trust the act of writing. To put myself in the position of writing to find out what I was writing.
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I've always wanted to be someone with credibility, and I want my food to speak for myself.
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I don't weigh into politics.
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I'm my own biggest marketing tool. I know the history of the business and I might as well capitalize on it.
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The manic pursuit of success cost me everything I could love: my wife, my three children, some friends I would have liked to grow old with.
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To find a man's true character, play golf with him.
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I've heard people say South Africans are arrogant, that they act no differently from their colonial masters. That needs to change. It's in your business interest as an entrepreneur to form meaningful partnerships. That's how you do well for your shareholders.
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I was definitely nervous for the combine. You train for three months to go out there and perform for three days.
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Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.
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The kind of audience I'm speaking to is a very wide range of people.
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When you realize that the uncut 'Porgy and Bess' started me off, that I'd have the opportunity to do a ton of 'Stoppard,' 'Hairspray,' that I'm able to do 'Il Trittico' at the Met – how do I top that?
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Lyndon Johnson, his 44-state landslide in 1964 and Great Society notwithstanding, was by 1968 a failed president being repudiated in the primaries of his own party.
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Most of my stuff hasn't gone viral. I have been successful on YouTube and I'm very proud of the stuff that I've done, but compared to the people who are actual internet stars and making a living off of it, my views are nothing.
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I like to eat right and in moderation, but give myself treats and kind of have everything.
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The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.
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For me, I always have to establish a reality for the character. In very actor-y terms, you just have to understand his reality.
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Also, he was smoking a cigar, and when a man is smoking a cigar, wearing a hat, he has an advantage; it is harder to find out how he feels.
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It's odd to look out there and see a bunch of Mini-Mes," says Williams. "You're wondering what possessed them to do such a thing . . . It sort of does a reverse psychology on you. You'd think you'd be like `Hey, all these people want to look like me. I feel pretty cool.' But actually it makes you feel more self aware and I'm not really fond of that.
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My doctor found a spot on my lung. He told me it looked like adenocarcinoma, a cancer he attributes to smoking. He didn't need to biopsy it.
