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Related We understood, growing up - 'cause it was taught in our family home, my mom and dad - to respect... BURGESS OWENS If you create something, you don't want someone else to go and profit from it; you have your rig... KIM DOTCOM Dad needs to show an incredible amount of respect and humor and friendship toward his mate so the ki... TIM ALLEN I think we all really respect each other and we really respect the work that each one does and we re... ALICIA KEYS Before and after practicing Judo or engaging in a match, opponents bow to each other. Bowing is an... JIGORO KANO You don't have to choose, on the one hand, a party that you really don't respect because they haven'... JACK LAYTON They told us, ‘You don't have the capacity, you lack the technical ability and the moral fiber... CHARLES MCGEE They told us, ‘You don't have the capacity, you lack the technical ability and the moral fiber' ..... CHARLES MCGEE Sometimes you want things so bad you will kind of lower your standards, and I've learned that on... TAMAR BRAXTON As an actor, you really want to respect and honor the script. You want to try to be in the moment an... CARRIE-ANNE MOSS Leadership is something you earn, something you're chosen for. You can't come in yelling, ... BEN ROETHLISBERGER My team and I have reunited two elements that coexist with difficulty: respect and affection, becaus... SHAKIRA Hip-hop is more about attaining wealth. People respect success. They respect big. They don't eve... JAY-Z If you want to be a screenwriter, take an acting class to get a sense of what you're asking acto... TINA FEY The worst thing that an actor can do is go into any project with a lack of respect for the material.... ALFRED MOLINA Money is not respect. Neither is power. And if people respect you for your money or your power, it i... CHRISTINA ENGELA I want to say, embrace your sexuality, own it, be confident, but you don't have to show everythi... LIZ GOLDWYN We're not [a chemistry class]. We understand this. But [the students will] respect you if you respec... JASON WANG I respect you," he murmured. "and your views. I think of you as an equal. I respect your brains, and... LISA KLEYPAS Respect your parents. What they tell you is true. Hard work, dedication and faith will get you anyth... RUSSELL SIMMONS If you're an athlete and you completely focus on the body, you're missing other components. ... AIMEE MULLINS You must respect people, and you must respect money. My father said to me: 'When you respect mon... YAYA TOURE You cannot live to please everyone else. You have to edify, educate and fulfill your own dreams and ... OCTAVIA SPENCER If anyone asks for your autograph they're showing you respect and give it back to them. JOHN LYDON If you can't respect me, you have to respect the law. BLAC CHYNA I think Dutch people are very sober. I don't know if it's the right word. Like, you have the... MARTIN GARRIX You should be able to voice your opinion and respect the voice of the other side. You should be will... STEVE NASH You grow up out in the country and you grow up doing this all your life. Dad taught you everything h... BRIAN ZIMMERMAN The chemistry between the cast is very important. We're a family and have respect for each other. An... ELLEN POMPEO You treat a kid with respect and as an adult you talk to them as if they're smart people. But yo... DAVE EGGERS I think as a child you know when it's time for your parents to split. You realise they love each... ABBIE CORNISH I think you win and it speaks volumes, but if you win in the playoffs, that's where the respect is g... BOB SAVEIKIS Long-time viewing of Internet violence tend to change a person's temperament, making the person pron... YOU QUANXI If positive and healthy materials are absent, negative materials are sure to be dominant in the cybe... YOU QUANXI In a robust global business environment, our business units operated well in the first quarter. More... HARRY YOU The Board of Directors and I are pleased to recognize Peter's outstanding contribution to the succes... HARRY YOU We are pleased to close the books on 2004 following the painstaking review of almost five years of f... HARRY YOU It's different from other sports or physical activities in that everybody can be doing something dif... MADELINE HOPKINS If you don't respect me you're not gonna get that respect back. DAVID HASSELHOFF I even believe if you're killing a team, you shouldn't stop. You should respect your opponen... SUE WICKS Never compromise your "Self-respect" for "Love". If feel like you are loosing your "Self-respect" fo... SHARFARAZ AHMED I respect you as my king, and I respect you as my father, but I do not respect you as a man! REBECCA MCKINSEY We never get into it with each other. We might take a little jab at each other, but it's always in f... BILL WOLFORD My respect for TSA agents went up a notch. We look at 'em like, 'You can't bother me, I&... LIL REL HOWERY The respect you show to others (or lack thereof) is an immediate reflection on your self respect. ALEXANDRA ELLE I have great respect for the past. If you don't know where you've come from, you don't k... MAYA ANGELOU I've always just adored music. It's my first love, really. I admire and respect people in th... BLYTHE DANNER In my old age I've come to find that if you respect other people, you feel better about yourself... BIJOU PHILLIPS If you go too near your relatives, they will not respect you. VIKRANT PARSAI Dad needs to show an incredible amount of respect and humor and friendship toward his mate so the ki... TIM ALLEN I have a feeling that being in love sometimes means the projection of your desires onto another pers... ERIC BRAEDEN Among the other values children should be taught are respect for others, beginning with the child... JAMES E. FAUST I want to change history, do something important in my life, and influence individuals like we have ... JACK MA The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's... RICHARD BACH Listen, the Latin people, I love the Latin people. They are so loyal to you. Even if you haven't... ERIK ESTRADA The mentality with African and European people is different. In Africa, when you come from a difficu... YAYA TOURE If you love someone you must set them free like the wind and give them the respect they deserve.If y... GARY F EVANS... You should respect each other and refrain from disputes; you should not, like water and oil, repel e... BUDDHA If you want to be a great leader, remember to treat all people with respect at all times. For one, b... SIMON SINEK If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by... FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY If you want to be respected by others the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by ... FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY If you want to be respected by others the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by ... FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY I think the most important thing in life is self-love, because if you don't have self-love, and ... SHAILENE WOODLEY Although you should respect venomous snakes and approach them with caution, most snakes you encounte... BOB PIERCE She's a good captain. When you are that good (at running), you get that kind of respect right off th... RALPH WHITE Our religion keeps reminding us that we aren't just will and thoughts. We're also sand and wind and ... WILLIAM LEAST HEAT MOON We hate to play each other because we have so much respect for each other. It's always fun to come o... JOEL BERTSCH As an actor, you're listening to the other person and always trying to be present and take every... TATIANA MASLANY You are walking down a street and you meet somebody. Anybody. And you look at each other. And you ar... CARSON MCCULLERS You have to respect your audience. Without them, you're essentially standing alone, singing to y... K. D. LANG The difference must be distinguished between worship and respect. Islam orders you to obey and respe... HAKEEM OLAJUWON For your own self-respect and sanity, your creative freedom, you have to be careful that you don'... LUKE EVANS It's the reality: film is a director's medium, and, ultimately, they are the ones that are i... DAN GILROY What I tell young couples that are getting married is: you're going to have quarrels, and on som... SI ROBERTSON We don’t have to like each other. We just need to respect each other. IZEY VICTORIA ODIASE Be very professional because it will get you a lot further. You have to treat people with the same r... RAVEN-SYMONE Patience is to be respected and if you respect it WAIT! and time will reward you with what you are w... GARY F EVANS... And as far as a team liking you, that's just how it is; either they like you or they don't. What you... MARCO COLEMAN Respect yourself if you would have others respect you. BALTASAR GRACIAN Respect yourself if you would have others respect you BALTASAR GRACIAN To respect yourself is a blessing.One who respects himself is honest & sincere in his effort & actio... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA The cool thing is that jazz is really a wonderful example of the great characteristics of Buddhism a... HERBIE HANCOCK If you say that your national law allows you to do something, it is fine as long as you do this insi... SERGEI LAVROV Treat other people's home as you want them to respect yours because what goes around comes around. ANA MONNAR Working with children is never an easy task. There are times where you will get frustrated and you w... COURTNEY MUSUMECI London has such an unbelievable respect for theater, where L.A. does not. You go to a play here, and... DEVIN KELLEY One of the things I love about Africa is the amount of dignity and respect and humility you see all ... JILL SCOTT To earn respect, you must earn your own self respect before you can expect others, to respect you. OSCAR AULIQ-ICE I have always played into the belief that you are only ever borrowing the jersey; you never own the ... BRIAN O'DRISCOLL My faith is very private to me. It plays an important part in my life, but I do not try and throw my... RICK WAKEMAN It's very hard to respect people on holiday - everybody looks so silly at the beach, it makes yo... ALAIN DE BOTTON Don't tell your kids you had an easy birth or they won't respect you. For years I used to wa... JOAN RIVERS You have to show respect for the other guys. It's good to know we have a spot in the playoffs but st... ALBERT PUJOLS Respect is the word I want. You have to earn it. You give, and you get it in return, that's how ... JOE TORRE You respect all of these people that you know in the business as actors. And they sort of turn aroun... LUCY LIU Nobody gives you respect in this life. You must take it, you must earn it, and then you must hold it... JENNIFER A. NIELSEN It's critical that the manager has the respect of players so he can make the moves that he feels... DALE MURPHY They respond to and respect what you have to say. At this [Division III] level they're there because... HARRY JENKINS It has the passion, it has the respect, it has all of the things that you really want an anthem to h... ADAM KIDRON I will ask you to respect my privacy, respect my decision and just respect my right to be by myself. EDDIE COMPASS
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GARY SHTEYNGART In a strange way, I expected Russia to become more like America since the Soviet Union collapsed, bu... GARY SHTEYNGART I read real books. On paper. You know, those printed books? I feel like this is the last thing I do ... GARY SHTEYNGART I think what will happen is that fiction will become more like poetry. As in, the only people who re... GARY SHTEYNGART I took an acting class with Louise Lasser, Woody Allen's first wife and co-star in many movies. ... GARY SHTEYNGART American fiction is good. It would be nice if somebody read it. GARY SHTEYNGART Without humor, I cannot go on and I doubt many of my readers would go on either. Humor is so importa... GARY SHTEYNGART I just want fiction to remain a vital force for entertainment and not just for contemplation. Both t... GARY SHTEYNGART If I still lived in Russia, I'd be dead... or a really effective oligarch. GARY SHTEYNGART That's what I always liked about science fiction - you can make the world end. Humour is my mult... GARY SHTEYNGART I'd love to have a 19th Century Russian book club where all the members had to act like the pret... GARY SHTEYNGART A lot of the ways of advertising a book - the cover, whether somebody sees it on a subway or sees it... GARY SHTEYNGART I always think that good writers should be growing up on the brink of death - it really lets them se... GARY SHTEYNGART In America, everyone writes but no one reads. Everyone's writing all day long - sending emails, ... GARY SHTEYNGART I don't have many possessions, apart from my books. GARY SHTEYNGART I love things on the decline because that's really the natural progression of our lives. We'... GARY SHTEYNGART I love Paul Giamatti - God, that man is like a walking Chekhov. His connection to humanity is unbeli... GARY SHTEYNGART Silence has been destroyed, but also the idea that it's important to learn how another person th... GARY SHTEYNGART I write almost entirely in bed or on a couch with my feet up on the coffee table. I feel most creati... GARY SHTEYNGART Communications devices were always used to effect change, to effect revolution. Telephone, telegraph... GARY SHTEYNGART The best thing about the iPhone is this that tells me where I am all the time. There's never a n... GARY SHTEYNGART When civilization takes a nose dive, how can you look away? You've got to be there. You've g... GARY SHTEYNGART Good fiction makes me turn off all the other parts of my brain, so that I become quiet and submissiv... GARY SHTEYNGART I like the map feature on the iPhone that tells me where I am, because I travel a lot. GARY SHTEYNGART In feature films, unless there was a body count, they weren't hiring me to direct it. GARY SHERMAN