Chip Conley Quotes
When people get into that fight-or-flight place, then they move away from the creative centers of their brain.
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I discovered television is a great way to deal with the chaos of new motherhood. I would put the babies to bed and get lost in a trashy reality show.
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I still do commercial work as an actor, which I love, because it's very quick, and it definitely pays my bills.
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I grew up watching 'Raging Bull.'
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I've always thought of fat as just a descriptive word.
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I have been interested in fashion since I was a kid. Then I lived in London, where it was more about costume and a personal statement of who you are than about fashion.
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Right now I'm so old that if I had a big gush of money, I don't know what I'd do with it. I don't travel anymore. I don't need anything, don't want anything. I'd give it to my son, I guess, and let him enjoy it.
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All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.
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The war against terrorism is a war against those who engage in torture.
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Being a celebrity is a business.
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The man who can make others laugh secures more votes for a measure than the man who forces them to think.
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We need to start looking at having a way of managing the whole ecosystem, because you can't pick away at it piece by piece, you have to truly start being coordinated and managing our resources as a system. We haven't gotten to that point yet.
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I am ashamed to run against a lady. It's demeaning, very degrading. I have always refused to argue with a lady.
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I acted in high school and studied at the British American Drama Academy in Oxford for one summer. I minored in theater, and I was always acting growing up and stuff, but really, I was just more interested in the comedy of it all. So for me, it's always comedy, and then acting is just one medium of comedy.
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I do Taekwondo and sometimes I paint.
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To be employed in the entertainment industry is a miracle.
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The thing that I really love about film is that it is with you forever - it goes to your children, and they get to see it again and again and have it forever.
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Art collecting has traditionally been the domain of wealthy individuals in search of rewards beyond the purely financial.
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I worked at Barney's selling clothes to lonely, rich white women. Every time I would look down on myself - hating my job, hating my life - I would think, 'It's a character study. Study these people, and you'll have your SNL audition ready in, like, five minutes.'
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It was one of the occasions when Lymond asleep wrecked the peace of mind of more people than Lymond awake.
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I hate the unfairness of injustice. Anybody who thinks they are better than others or 'chosen' or feel they have an entitlement... be it through monarchy, government or money. I think we are all born the same. We are entitled to an equal shot at life.
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When people get into that fight-or-flight place, then they move away from the creative centers of their brain.
