Charles Best Quotes
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The mind moves in the direction of our currently dominant thoughts.
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The United States may be a religious nation. But it is also a nation with a strong commitment to separation of church and state.
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Realism hasn't fallen out of favor with most people, who are interested in people's lives rather than gymnastics of style or literary trends. It's a certain kind of academic who undervalues realism, largely because it is not amenable to endless exegesis.
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Because cheating is easier when we can justify our behavior, people often cheat in small amounts: We can come up with an excuse for stealing Post-It notes, but it is much more difficult to come up with an excuse for taking $10,000 from petty cash.
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Anyone who thinks it's smart to cut immigration is sentencing Australia to poverty.
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Every time a woman leaves the workforce because she can't find or afford childcare, or she can't work out a flexible arrangement with her boss, or she has no paid maternity leave, her family's income falls down a notch. Simultaneously, national productivity numbers decline.
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Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.'
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From 1 till 7, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese.
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I'm not a straight man, but I play one on television.
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We're not really under pressure to deliver a cloned baby to this world. What we are under pressure to do is to deliver a cloned baby that is a healthy one.
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Life is not easy in politics.
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While I have never been more excited about SecondMarket, I have chosen to move on from day-to-day management of the private company/fund business so that I can focus 100% of my energy on our digital currency business.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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Maurice was a silly man. Maurice liked being silly.
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I think that the greatest lesson I learned from my father is just having compassion towards people.
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I don't know what would have happened to Wal-Mart if we had laid low and never stirred up the competition. My guess is that we would have remained a strictly regional operator.
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If I get too type-cast, that's the worst possible scenario.
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Now I love hoops. I'm a diehard UCLA fan, have been since my freshman year. But basketball is the '1812 Overture.' Pomp and circumstance, fireworks and cannons, lots and lots of fun, and in the end, still Tchaikovsky.
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There's always going to be people that say you're a sellout - anyone who knew you back when or who wants to begrudge you for having success. That's OK. Their opinion of me, and the box they want to put me in, is just simply none of my business.
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I think the Catholic faith is consistent with the kind of conservatism I believe in.
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I don't think you get anything good if you just accept everything the way it rolls out. You have to fight for what you believe in.
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We are filmmakers, and we are specifically trying to entertain people.
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There's always gonna be people with a lot of money making film, and the goal is to make profit and carry on. It is a business. The goal is to make a living doing it and to be comfortable.
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I founded DonorsChoose.org because I care about learning, and I believe every student in our country deserves a great education.
