Dave Thomas Quotes
If there are things you don't like in the world you grew up in, make your own life different.
Quotes to Explore
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A stale article, if you dip it in a good, warm, sunny smile, will go off better than a fresh one that you've scowled upon.
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Cooking is like music: you can tell when someone puts love into it. I come from a place where there was so much attention to detail. The population is smaller in the South, so more attention is given to serving smaller numbers of people.
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I've always had an affinity for the fashion industry - I've always been drawn to it. But I grew up in Calgary in Canada, which, being a fairly isolated city, is not particularly known for having anything to do with fashion.
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In the experience of art, time seems not to exist.
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In some ways, with the security challenges this country has faced, we have had to put in rules and regulations for business to be able to sustain their growth and create jobs.
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I know what I look like - a weird, sad clown puppet. I'm fine with that.
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Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.
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I almost took a job in Italy. It was really a great opportunity, but they didn't think I had enough international experience.
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Acting is the most insecure profession in the world - you're insecure if you're successful, you're insecure if you're not. A tightrope walk without a net. It's a miracle I'm still standing!
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We have to believe in free-will. We've got no choice.
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Well, after the divorce, I went home and turned all the lights on!
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Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.
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Men are sort of doofuses about sunscreen, and for the most part, women are more inclined to take better care of themselves, but a reminder is always good for everyone.
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Salvation for a race, nation or class must come from within.
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I think I'm very curious about other people. I like to sit and eavesdrop, you know.
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The potential for regional conflict in the absence of an internationally active America is real.
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I don't like formal gardens. I like wild nature. It's just the wilderness instinct in me, I guess.
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It was a superb agreement to end a war, but a very bad agreement to make a state. From now on, we have to part company with Dayton and try to build a modern democratic state, for which I have tried to lay the foundations.
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People say, 'Well you know the economy's bad, so China consumption will be low. No, totally different. You Americans love to spend tomorrow's money, and other people's money maybe... We Chinese love to save money.
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Ask the right questions if you're to find the right answers.
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I think there was a lot competition in the rock scene.
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When I told (my wife) Pat (that I was coming back), she said you're going to ruin your good name. After the first year, we're halfway there.
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I'm not going to have a baby until I'm around 30-something.
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If there are things you don't like in the world you grew up in, make your own life different.
