Daniel L. Doctoroff Quotes
I ran the effort to bring the 2012 Olympic Games to New York City. We lost - on a global scale. To my surprise, life went on, and I learnt that nobody cares about your failures as much as you do.
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I always direct the same film. I cannot distinguish one from the other.
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There's nothing wrong with being anthropomorphic. That's how we understand the world.
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The struggle to get weapons is continuous, but the United States will aid us, if it finds Israel displaying a willingness for peace.
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In the Muslim world, there are many people who have been vocal and we have been very vocal against extremists. But how to win this battle is an ongoing battle. And we must continue to wage the battle for peace.
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I love the Royal Family. The Queen, she's fabulous.
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I'm the eldest at 51, and if the Stones can drag themselves around once more, then there's a few more albums in us.
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My advice to anyone would be to focus on your current job and be the best at it. The rest will take care of itself.
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I've always loved both writing and songwriting. The journey is fascinating to me.
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Instantaneous and mass communication is the mother of mass naivety. Should we then lose hope? Is there any hope? But to lose hope is as dangerous as to nurture false hope. Where then can we find hope that is responsible?
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We only have a certain amount of energy for each day. If we use it for the wrong purpose, if we focus on the negative or dwell on whoever hurt us, then we're not going to have the energy we need for the right purposes.
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'Good English' is whatever educated people talk; so that what is good in one place or time would not be so in another.
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Just as I try to find ways to be more productive every year for myself, I also look for tips to pass on to young professionals.
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Football was what I was good at, and it was what I loved.
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Capitalist systems function less well without state protection of investors, lenders, and companies against monopoly, deception, and fraud.
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People - and dogs - are dying to be trained.
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I urge researchers to make use of the opportunities that are available to them and to do all they can to fulfill the promise that stem cell research offers.
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If Asian America exists, it is because of systemic racism.
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I've learned how to stay humble. I don't want to get in over my head because when you do that it takes you off your game.
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The President is the last person in the world to know what the people really want and think.
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I lived for going down the rabbit hole of meeting weird people. Of course, come Monday I would be tallying up all the different situations, and each one was progressively more dangerous. I got lucky in that I didn't go to jail.
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I'm a tearless clown. If I were to get a tattoo, it would be the two masks, and they would be both smiling.
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This team has a chemistry more than the other (two) teams I've been on. We all mesh so well with our personalities and there is something special about this team. You can just tell, and we all feel it.
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One of my passions in life is to try to inspire people. I don't know if that sounds cheesy, but I genuinely love to do that.
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I ran the effort to bring the 2012 Olympic Games to New York City. We lost - on a global scale. To my surprise, life went on, and I learnt that nobody cares about your failures as much as you do.
