Chris Gardner Quotes

Business school professors don't take selling seriously because they don't know how to sell. It's easy to talk about business theory and production time and just-in-time development. Selling is much more difficult.

Chris Gardner

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I was obsessed with the Spice Girls! I always wanted to be Sporty. Or Posh, but I wasn't pretty enough.

Jessie J

EnoughSpiceAlwaysPrettyWanted

Our music's kind of about taking something ugly and making it beautiful.

Jerry Cantrell

MusicBeautifulUglyKindSomething

The power of the lawyer is in the uncertainty of the law.

Jeremy Bentham

PowerLawLawyerUncertainty

All the working-class people could feel a Malcolm X. They could hear Malcolm X, and two weeks later they could whisper back what he said. Verbatim. They could remember the way he put it, and he put it so well.

John Henrik Clarke

PeopleFeelRememberBackSaidWay

I did not want to write one of those sequels that famous first-book authors get into where everybody says, 'Oh yeah.'

Robert M. Pirsig

FamousWantWriteWhereGetDid

When everything is stripped away in life, everybody is a human being that has problems, that has issues, has flaws, that isn't perfect. It doesn't make a difference what your sex is, what your sexual preference is, what your race is or what your background is. If you're a good person, you're OK in my book.

Matt Hardy

LifeGoodBookMake A DifferenceYou

I'm a minimalist. I don't really need much to enjoy a good holiday - just my family and the bare essentials.

Jean Reno

FamilyGoodEnjoyHolidayNeedJust

I've never, ever had a job that lasted for more than a few months.

Amy Landecker

JobMoreNeverThanFewMonths

I have planted my flag in my comedy being useful for social change.

Amanda Seales

ChangeComedySocial ChangeFlag

I always say that when a country wins with such overwhelming might, it's bad news for that country.

Stephane Hessel

BadCountryNewsSayAlwaysWins

'Drag Race' doesn't claim to represent drag as a whole. 'Drag Race' is a reality show. If you see real drag shows, we just do drag and respect each other's art and who your real identity is - name, gender, hair color, anything.

Trixie Mattel

RespectArtIdentityHairNameYou

Art doesn't spring from the muses alone, but from hard work.

Tom Rachman

WorkHard WorkAloneArtSpring

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