Chuck Feeney Quotes
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In India, it is difficult for a cricketer to show that he is under some kind of stress. Here, you can only retire when you don't want to play anymore, or the motivation is lacking.
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There is very strong historical data that suggests the way societies grow is by making large, long-term investments.
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When a politician bends the truth or a CEO breaks a promise, trust takes a beating.
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My mother is the sort of woman who not only can raise a chicken and roast it to moist perfection but, as she proved to my openmouthed sister and me on a family holiday to Morocco when we were very young, can barter for one in a market, kill it, pluck it, and then cook it to perfection.
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I started off first doing a TV series called 'Boston Common.' That was my first big job, and then I went on to do another half hour comedy show, and that was with Tom Arnold, called 'The Tom Show.'
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Don't compete with me: firstly, I have more experience, and secondly, I have chosen the weapons.
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One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.
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My message is: You don't have to give up being popular, fun, or fashionable in order to be smart; they can go hand and hand. Doing math is a great way to exercise your brain; being smart is going to make you more powerful in life.
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A runner's stride is not perfectly efficient.
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To be a white kid into hip-hop meant you'd sought it out and you practiced the art. Which meant dedication and diligence, as well as removing yourself at least occasionally from your own comfort zone and circumstances, and from people who looked like you.
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Before I had a record deal, I was living in New York and playing anywhere I could, from somebody's house to an open mic to coffeeshops.
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What I think is fair to say is that, coming out of the Republican camp, there have been efforts to suggest that perhaps I'm not who I say I am when it comes to my faith - something which I find deeply offensive, and that has been going on for a pretty long time.
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Especially if you're over 40, shortening the term of your loan to pay it off sooner could make you mortgage-free in retirement.
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When the government takes more money out of the pockets of middle class Americans, entrepreneurs, and businesses, it lessens the available cash flow for people to spend on goods and services, less money to start businesses, and less money for businesses to expand - i.e. creating new jobs and hiring people.
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I moved to L.A. and really didn't dig living there until I found places like Koreatown and Little Tokyo. I really like hanging out in the grocery stores and restaurants.
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I have been an unabashed fan of NPR for many years, and have stolen untold excellent ideas from its programming.
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I love what TLC did with the baggy pants. I love a lot of throwbacks.
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I have been lucky enough to travel a lot, meet great people in many lands. I have liked almost everyone I met along the way.
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In the hyper-sensitized reality of the region in which any criticism of Israel is swiftly and often unfairly branded as anti-Semitic, it can become counterproductive to inflame rather than explain and this means to hear the narratives of both sides, to articulate the suffering on both sides, not just the Palestinians.
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The only thing that keeps me in Miami is my husband.
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It gets boring to me when people talk about clothing brands or what boat they're going to buy next summer.
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My father always would say, 'My daughter will go into politics? My daughter will become prime minister', but it’s not what I wanted to do. I would say, 'No, Papa, I will never go into politics.' As I’ve said before, this is not the life I chose; it chose me … But I accepted the responsibility and I’ve never wavered in my commitment.
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It's the intelligent thing to be frugal.
