Matt Gonzalez Quotes

I've run for office, and I've stood on street corners, while people walked by me and didn't want to talk to me, and did not think I was a credible candidate. And then four years later, I was nearly elected mayor of San Francisco, so I know what it takes.

Matt Gonzalez

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PeopleMeThinkKnowStreetRun

I wasn't that into crime novels at all, but a friend introduced me to the work of Jim Thompson - I loved all his books.

Jo Nesbo

WorkFriendMeLovedCrimeBooks

I have become intrigued with the combining of seemingly unrelated ideas or images, or the drawing upon the many, sometimes dissimilar, meanings a word might have.

John Barton

IdeasDrawingSometimesBecomeWord

I like playing in front of the crowd and get them into it.

Joel Embiid

PlayingCrowdGetLikeFrontThem

I always felt so much more comfortable in the Western. The minute I got a horse and a hat and a pair of boots on, I felt easier. I didn't feel like I was an actor anymore. I felt like I was the guy out there doing it.

Joel McCrea

HatFeelHorseDoingBootsActor

It is easy to answer the ultimate questions - it saves you bothering with the immediate ones.

John Osborne

QuestionsEasyYouAnswerBothering

I love the opportunity to help my patients, to work with them to find the best course of action to get them healthy and to give them the information they need to stay healthy.

Ami Bera

WorkLoveOpportunityBestAction

I'm an engineer. I'm a techie, really.

Mo Ibrahim

EngineerReally

I was never interested in 'Teen Beat' like roles. I just wanted to work.

Jared Leto

WorkTeenNeverBeatJustLike

A heck of a lot more accountability comes from individuals or the church doing it than the government, that signs off on helping people at 5 o'clock, because it comes from the heart, not from a badge or a mandate.

Doug LaMalfa

HeartGovernmentPeopleChurchDoing

When you're sitting ringside, there's a primal thing there that hooks into violence and excitement. It's just two guys going at it in the ring - there's no team, no one to pass the ball to - and there's a certain excitement to that.

Antoine Fuqua

TeamViolenceYouSittingRingTwo

The millennial generation wants to express every feeling to feel like you're connected to it, and there's something very dark about tragedy that people are drawn to.

Alia Shawkat

PeopleGenerationFeelYouDark

I want our students to be so accustomed to children of other cultures that the words 'diversity' and 'tolerance' won't be in their vocabulary. They won't need them - they'll live it.

Suzy Amis

LiveChildrenWordsDiversityWant

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