Charles Best Quotes
I've met with titans of Silicon Valley because they're investing in our national expansion. I've had lunch with Claire Danes because she sees DonorsChoose.org as the best way to help students in public schools. I would never, ever rub shoulders with such people if I had followed the typical career path in investment banking or whatever.
Quotes to Explore
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On the whole, I don't like reading long books. I'm not a fan of 'Ulysses.' And I haven't quite finished 'War and Peace.'
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In Los Angeles, I'm always in Fred Segal. It's become a ritual. I have lunch and then buy lots of things I don't need. Usually tons of clothes for the kids that they grow out of in 10 seconds.
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That was one of those moments where I felt so confident. I played three matches in the same day.
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The majority of meetings should be discussions that lead to decisions.
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If you can slow the biological process of aging, even a minor slowdown in the rate at which we age yields improvements in virtually every condition of frailty and disability and mortality that we see at later ages.
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The problem of telling contemporary history is that your message gets outdated.
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The success of Torn was a bit too much for me. I took a year off and was still scared to start the second album.
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I wake up every morning and I wish I were dead, and so does Jim.
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When I did 'Hot Fuzz,' I tried to get Barbara Steele in the movie, but I was told she had retired.
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I always try not to overload my music with orchestration and to use only those instruments that are absolutely necessary.
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It's very tempting to have a nanny and live in a gated community and have a chef - I'd love to have a few dinners cooked for me. But I don't want that for my children. When they're older, if people say to them, 'Did you have a chef?' I want them to be shocked by the question.
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For a kid in London, Hollywood seems like such a mythical place.
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When I run - as you see from my record - I run to win.
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People love gospel music. It's calming. It's soothing. It gets right to the point of whatever you're dealing with.
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If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm that the essence of democracy is melodrama.
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I don't like to play the victim.
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I took a political stance early on, but I don't think my work is overtly political. I respond to events.
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I can only try to keep the characters interesting; it's up to the readers to decide whether they're still relevant.
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No matter how much women prefer to lean, to be protected and supported, nor how much men desire to have them do so, they must make the voyage of life alone, and for safety in an emergency they must know something of the laws of navigation.
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As much as I am one for real human interaction, I also want to make a show that's entertaining and that people want to see.
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The smell of opium is the least stupid smell in the world.
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I am and always will be an HRH. But out of personal choice I like to be called William because that is my name and I want people to call me William - for now.
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You should put time into learning your craft. It seems like people want success so quickly, way before they're ready.
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I've met with titans of Silicon Valley because they're investing in our national expansion. I've had lunch with Claire Danes because she sees DonorsChoose.org as the best way to help students in public schools. I would never, ever rub shoulders with such people if I had followed the typical career path in investment banking or whatever.
