Up Quotes
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I was one of those kids who took apart their toys to see how they work, just to see what they were made up of.
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All novelists I speak to about how they started usually say it was by pulling up their roots and going to live somewhere else. You see the shape of your life at a distance.
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I think people know Steve Jobs the showman. I think people know the guy who stood up and gave the keynotes. The magician. The salesman.
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The only thing the defense has to do is take care of the client and see to it that they attack every weak spot on the prosecution's case. It's up to the judge to make sure that they don't pull any fast ones.
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That was the problem with reading: you always had to pick up again at the very thing that had made you stop reading the day before.
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Schedules on TV are so tight, and it feels like they get tighter and tighter with every passing year. The idea of asking where your character's come from or where they grew up - you would just get a little bit laughed at.
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The Russians could have some (warheads) aimed at Japan, so if we act up they can destroy our economy.
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When an opinionated person starts to challenge something, his mind shuts out all that could clear up the matter. The argument irritates him, however just it might be, and it seems that he is afraid of discovering the truth.
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Since I was 20 years old, I've been a kind of corporation. I'd wake up in the morning and my job was to be 'Bonnie Raitt' in capital letters.
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You can't take a kid from north Alabama and growing up in church - some of that is just gonna seep out.
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My best career decision was probably not giving up when I wanted to. God as well as my family and friends were there for me during my toughest times.
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I grew up with my uncle's comic books at my grandma's house, so I've always loved my comic book reading.
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I want to be a role model. I want to be able to know that I inspired girls to work hard and go for their dreams and to never give up.
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As an athlete, I know that I'm such a perfectionist that I'll want to go out and keep working on something over and over until it's perfect. Part of growing up is learning to take a step back.
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You can't sleep until noon with the proper élan unless you have some legitimate reason for staying up until three (parties don't count).
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When you have a lot of communication online before you go out with someone, it builds up a false sense of who the person is. There's a tendency to fill in the blanks with positive information.
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A consulting position might work in another profession, but not in pro football. There's no such thing. They give a guy a parking spot and put his name up as a consultant, and in six months, they erase the name.
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So there is a natural efficiency that you pick up as you can prioritize capital across a bigger set of opportunities.
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My mother's a police officer, so there was only so much trouble I could get myself into. But my father grew up on the other side.
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Growing up, when I was younger, I didn't feel all that tough or smart or strong. As I got older, I was able to discover my own strength.
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If I get back into theater, I think I'd want to do a play. I enjoy singing, but it beats me up a bit. I get super paranoid and self-conscious about my voice.
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I mean, first of all, let me say whichever superhero first came up with the idea of wearing a cape, he wasn't really onto anything good. The number of times I'm treading on that damn thing or I throw a punch and it ends up covering my whole head. It's really not practical.
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When I took over the family business, it had already been a publicly traded company for 20 years. During one of the first annual meetings I attended, one shareholder stood up and advised me and everyone in attendance that I should resign.
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If the global economy is unresponsive to people who feel left behind, if inequality continues to grow, then we could end up seeing more and more of these divisions arise throughout advanced economies around the world.
