Chris Gardner Quotes

Finding gainful employment to pay for housing is hard for any veteran experiencing homelessness. It's even more difficult for veterans who've also had encounters with police and stints in jail.

Chris Gardner

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Compared to the challenges or raising an autistic child, weightlifting is a relief.

Melanie Roach

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In America, Jefferson noted with approval, women knew their place.

Stephen Ambrose

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Yes, I feel I've got something to say. If people want to listen, that's great, and if they don't, that's their choice.

Tony Blair

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I wanted each of my books to be very different from the others, each to be special and uncategorizable, and I knew I could only do that a few times before I was in danger of repeating myself.

Michel Faber

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The question now is does Obama have any hope of raising money? I don't think he'll raise it out of the New York people, I don't think he's going to raise it out the Hollywood people, so where's the money going to come from for Barack Obama?

Juan Williams

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I definitely think New York is a very, very vibrant, wonderful city, but I certainly, of course, can't help but miss a lot of the stuff that's no longer there.

Jonathan Levine

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What I find most interesting about the U.S. is this idea of equality. That's what I'm trying to do with immigration. If what the founding fathers said is true, that we are all equal, then let's fight for that.

Jorge Ramos

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At home, I relax by catching up with friends.

Dinesh Paliwal

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Obviously, the difference between a game and actual training is you're using your whole body, so in that sense, maybe not, although maybe something to do with reaction, the speed of reaction, maybe that was of use during the training.

Chiaki Kuriyama

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I was a shy kid, a late bloomer. At 22, I was probably 16 emotionally.

Chris Pine

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You know, we've got to be responsible about our debt. We don't want the United States to ever be a dead beat, and not be able to pay its bills, either to our soldiers who are fighting or to Social Security recipients.

Claire McCaskill

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The fictional narratives that television, film, and the news provide for girls and young women are appalling.

Claire Messud

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