Charles Bock Quotes
To me, fiction is the single best way there is - to me, it's the most profound way - of dealing with questions that have no answers.
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I am not saying we are categorizing Ellen White in the biblical context of a false prophet.
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I don't like possessions.
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I like to get suggestions on what to read. I'll look at Twitter, people I like, people I admire... I'll go and research the book, download it on my phone and read it while I'm on the road.
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As the future is never known with certainty, the evaluation of the prospective benefits requires the formation of expectations. An acceptable house, partner or job, then, is one that offers an expected stream of future benefit that has a value in excess of the option to continue to search for an even better alternative.
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I grew up around old stuff that was not necessarily valuable, but certainly unusual.
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The best philosophers were not academics, but had another job, so their philosophy was not corrupted by careerism.
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I'm not a fan of soccer, for sure not.
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Now, I don't know how they judge all that, but if anybody in the world deserves to be in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, Ritchie Valens does.
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I want to have an impact on my son.
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All kids are selfish. I wanted to do homework and do my thing and call my agent. My mother's needs weren't in my mind at that moment.
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If people think I look good, it's the make-up.
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The birth of the African Union should encourage us to reexamine relations between African States.
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I always say, I'm certain I changed 'Watchmen' less than the Coen brothers changed 'No Country for Old Men.' I'm certain of it. But you don't hear the Cormac McCarthy fans, like, up in arms about it. They should be. It's like an amazing Pulitzer Prize-winning book.
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Successful people are not interesting. I feel for the losers. That's where my heart lies.
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They're just my weaknesses. Everyone is just constantly talking to me about it. It doesn't help.
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Do I think Vince McMahon was looking at my matches in Japan going, 'We need him?' No. He wasn't. He's too busy. There's no way. But somebody may have been looking and going, 'All right, I like this guy. Let's give him a shot.'
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It doesn't matter much where your company sits in its industry ecosystem, nor how vertically or horizontally integrated it is - what matters is its relative 'share of customer value' in the final product or solution, and its cost of producing that value.
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Most of us prefer to walk backward into the future, a posture that may be uncomfortable but which at least allows us to keep on looking at familiar things as long as we can.
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If you should put a knife into a French girl's learning it would explode and blow away like an omelette soufflee.
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Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.
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It's easier to be with somebody. But it's better to be single if you're with the wrong person.
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When I show up in New York, and I look at the skyline, it's like showing up in a mountain range. My gaze goes toward the most impressive-looking climb. It's always gone to the top of the World Trade Center.
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To me, fiction is the single best way there is - to me, it's the most profound way - of dealing with questions that have no answers.
