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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When you take of a man's time, you've taken a part of his life.
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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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One of the strengths of our nation has always been a strong middle class who could afford their own homes and send their children to school.
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I have been brought up open-minded. If I didn't know any people from other countries, I'd think everyone was evil based on news stories. But I know a lot of people, and know that there is no such thing as stark good and evil. Isn't it possible there is the same amount of evil everywhere?
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Everyone says "I wish I was in your shoes...", the hundreds of people that wish they were in my shoes don't know the tenth of it. If they were in my shoes they would cry like a baby.
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One of the strange things about violent and authoritarian regimes is they don't like the glare of negative publicity.
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As a father, I believe that involving children in sports at a young age is generally, a wise proposition. I believe that healthy competition is... well... healthy; that sporting events foster a spirit of teamwork that far surpasses the events themselves; and that active participation keeps children moving and is good for their self-esteem.
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When people get into that fight-or-flight place, then they move away from the creative centers of their brain.
