Bernard Marcus Quotes
One of the things which make any company successful, in particular the Home Depot, was that we understood and catered to the customer. If it didn't sell, it didn't make a difference what we thought or our research told us. They told us if it was successful by buying it or not.
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Any art worthy of its name should address 'life', 'man', 'nature', 'death' and 'tragedy'.
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Science fiction frees you to go anyplace and examine anything.
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Once you make it to your point of making it, you'll appreciate the struggle.
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After all, one knows one's weak points so well, that it's rather bewildering to have the critics overlook them and invent others.
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No eulogy is due to him who simply does his duty and nothing more.
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I know you can be up one minute and drop the next, so I'm trying to maintain a steady course so I can have some longevity.
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For decades, Iran has covertly worked to develop a nuclear weapons program and has repeatedly violated its international obligations.
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Our party never tolerated those who use violence for political ends. Our leaders lost their lives standing against terrorism.
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I'm a machine man, and I head a machine.
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I'm getting rid of this idea that you want people to like you. I'm making decisions on what feels right to me. To act in a more carnal way. That's my challenge.
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I know the pressures of being the daughter of a great actress. But it's inspiring. You learn so much that other people don't get to learn until later on. My father being a director, I learnt a real work ethic.
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My parents weren't keen on the giving up of school at the beginning to go into singing and dancing, but once they saw I was serious about it, they gave support. I was quite stubborn about my decision, and in the end, they realised it was for the best.
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Part of what's so tricky in a film that's two hours long is how many themes can you effectively explore.
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In order to do a musical now, a style must be developed that works for today's audience.
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I love my parents. Coming out to them was sort of coming out to myself. I educated them, and I wanted our relationship to keep growing. I wanted them to be a part of my life still. I wanted to be able to share with them what I was going through.
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I'm constantly trying to work on the person that I am and work on my shortcomings, and I guess I want people to know that it's ok to be a work in progress, as long as you keep trying to figure it out. But that search and that discovery is what makes life kind of rich, and it's what makes life rich... period.
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I think human societies tend to be problematic.
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Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.
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People tend to keep their distance.
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We are in the entertaining business, they want to get autographs, they want to take something home, whether it's a signed hat or, you know, program or whatever it might be.
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As a child, I had the opportunity to meet the captain onboard a British Airways flight. It was so exciting to see the cockpit and controls. I was in awe of the captain, and he stamped my log book, which I still have to this day.
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Because our choices are largely based on survival. But if life is eternal, life is not a question.
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Nothing is so delicate as the reputation of a woman; it is at once the most beautiful and most brittle of all human things.
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One of the things which make any company successful, in particular the Home Depot, was that we understood and catered to the customer. If it didn't sell, it didn't make a difference what we thought or our research told us. They told us if it was successful by buying it or not.
