Chris Gardner Quotes

Long before I achieved financial success and became the subject of a Hollywood film, I was a veteran, a single father, and a working person who was homeless.

Chris Gardner

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I don't do storyboarding, ever; I'm not interested in that.

Steven Rodney McQueen

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What Hollywood truly wants is for people to be themselves. I think what it's designed for is to kind of turn people into something and just make them saleable. But what it really stands for, what it really loves, are people who are unafraid to be themselves, and as you can see, these are people who are excelling in their careers.

Troian Bellisario

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I just wanted to be one of those actors who works at the National Theatre the whole time.

Robert Emms

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I've done 'Two Gentlemen of Verona,' I've understudied Iago in 'Othello.' I've done Mercutio in 'Romeo and Juliet.'

Robert Englund

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I refuse to believe that 'Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free...' is now an empty entreaty. But if it is, shame on us.

Maryanne Trump Barry

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Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which I should first break through, and pour a torrent of light into our dark world.

Mary Shelley

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I think art education, especially in this country, which government pretty much ignores, is so important for young people.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

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The problem with a lot of Chinese is that they put up divisions between Taiwanese, Hong Kong natives, mainlanders. We are never united. I really hope that the Chinese can be more united.

Martin Yan

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I'm a very stimulated person.

Julia Michaels

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The day after Donald Trump was elected, Chinese business leaders, including the heads of Baidu, stood up and gave a speech saying, 'Come to China and build your company now.' The cognitive dissonance of that was amazing for some of us to think we might be losing our leadership role in building companies.

Chris Sacca

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I'm patient with crossword puzzles and the most impatient golfer.

Brett Hull

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The Lib Dems are not just empty. They are a void within a vacuum surrounded by a vast inanition.

Boris Johnson

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