Mark Burnett Quotes
In Europe and Australia, there is something called the Tall Poppy Syndrome: People like to cut the tall poppies. They don't want you to succeed, and they cut you down - especially people from your own social class.
Quotes to Explore
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When I'm in my 50s, I kind of think I'll want to be in a garden.
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Profit in business comes from repeat customers, customers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them.
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You see, O Greeks! The enemy already acknowledge the country to be ours; for when they made peace with us, they stipulated that we should not burn the country belonging to the king, and now they set fire to it themselves, as if they looked upon it no longer as their own.
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Smaller wrestlers are built for more exciting matches.
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Gov. Perry has led the way in Texas on creating an environment for job growth.
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I always had dreams as a kid. I definitely sat at home and watched the Oscars every year and got emotional every year at everyone's speeches.
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Smoke machines are the best!
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I just feel like whenever the team needs a bucket, I can come and get it. I feel I'm a really good scorer.
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Cricket, the whole thing, playing, watching, being part of the Gaieties, has been a central feature of my life.
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My youngest sister belonged to a group called the Twelve Tribes for many years. She recently left, with her husband and four children. Talking to her about her experiences in the group is fascinating, moving, and enlightening.
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Only in spontaneity can we be who we truly are.
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I'm fascinated by sports, the buzz of winning, and the buzz of losing.
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Just wearing all black comes from Johnny Cash. I'm on the road so much that if I wear all black, my clothes never get dirty. You can't tell if I've worn the same shirt twice.
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'The Exorcist' is absolutely my favorite horror film, and I watched it when I was, like, seven years old with my mother for the first time. I don't know why my mom let me watch that. I couldn't go to the bathroom by myself. I couldn't go upstairs by myself. I couldn't sleep.
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Male athletes don't get dropped when they father kids.
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I came from Canada, where it's freezing cold for seven months out of the year.
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Negative publicity makes people forget your best times.
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A lot of times when I ran, to be honest, I didn't know where I was in the race. So I always was looking up at the scoreboard to say, 'Just call my name to see where I am,' because I tried to have such tunnel vision not to distract myself.
Gail Devers
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I only played to the best of my ability and with passion. Call it what you will.
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Artists need to express.
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A merchant, it has been said very properly, is not necessarily the citizen of any particular country.
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At some point I was hanging around with the Butchies - a band I ended up playing with a lot - and it just brought out this thing in me... and it felt very different from the Indigo Girls.
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In Europe and Australia, there is something called the Tall Poppy Syndrome: People like to cut the tall poppies. They don't want you to succeed, and they cut you down - especially people from your own social class.
