Charles Best Quotes
Students who learn to collaborate and negotiate - on Capitol Hill, in the board room, in everyday life - will outperform peers who have higher test scores.
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Awards for arts, where you make comparisons, don't make much sense.
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I loved publishing; I loved working in the book industry, but I've been writing pretty much nonstop since I was 19. I realized very early on that I would need a day job, and I wanted one that was in books.
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I would love to have been around in the Keystone Studios days.
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Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to make films. That's really all I ever wanted to do.
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The true character of ministry is a servants heart.
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A lot of the younger kids now can rap, but they're scared of the crowd. Mastery of that stage is an MC. I don't know if you've seen any great MCs on stage but when you do it's like wow, this is more than the words to rhymes.
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Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.
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From 1 till 7, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese.
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I was joking with someone about this the other day. They were like, 'You talk about Applebee's as if it was your ex.' I miss it; I miss setting up tables at 6 A.M.
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But acting just sort of happened and I found that I loved it. It was such a challenge.
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I was getting offers. I had just turned them down. Then I realized I should be grateful that at age 54, people were still offering me film roles.
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I feel like I'm a good actor, but I wouldn't call myself a gifted actor.
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Where I live, nobody who's fourteen is having sex and doing major drugs. And I think if you see it in the movies, you may be influenced by it. I think it's so important to preserve your innocence.
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I've been brought up with the Christian faith with my family.
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I have made this one dish, a salted caramel chocolate ganache tart. It's so rich. You can only have a few bites!
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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Working with so many people from all over the world is extremely enriching and stimulating.
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Women are the only 'oppressed' group that is able to buy most of the $10 billion worth of cosmetics each year; the only oppressed group that spends more on high fashion, brand-name clothing than its oppressors; the only oppressed group that watches more TV.
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The first principle of child-rearing is to choose a good mother.
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Life would be tolerable but for its amusements.
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Show me a person who doesn't like to laugh and I'll show you a person with a toe tag.
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Besides infrastructure, there is a huge opportunity in housing and urbanisation of cities - not only building new ones, but also renewing the infrastructure of old cities to make them more livable. This provides tremendous scope for large investments to fuel growth.
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I don't get to make many features. It's not like that's something I can just snap my fingers and make happen.
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Students who learn to collaborate and negotiate - on Capitol Hill, in the board room, in everyday life - will outperform peers who have higher test scores.
