Bill Gross Quotes
My clients don't pay me to feel sorry; they pay me to bring them money. I am tough, but I have a soft side.
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I am not a designer that buys vintage to be inspired.
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Living in New York, for me at least, just keeps it very real and keeps my feet firmly planted on the ground.
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I don't look at myself as suffering.
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When you've got kids, you turn into Mom, and that's it.
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I always thought that one day I would be somebody. I would be successful in music, and I would have fans that cared about my music. At the same time, I really feel like an ordinary guy; I have been an ordinary guy forever.
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Literature at its fullest takes human nature as its theme. That's the kind of writing that interests me.
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Unlike many Californians or New Yorkers, college football is a religion down south.
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In a meat-eating world, wearing leather for shoes and clothes and even handbags, the discussion of fur is childish.
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I get very bored easily. I'm a child of the Internet or whatever; I want more and more of new and interesting things.
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I make American films for American audiences and Asian films for Asian audiences.
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The most valuable thing you can make is a mistake - you can't learn anything from being perfect.
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I've done all these historical epics and chivalrous roles, but there's an odder, quirkier side to me that nobody knows about.
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You can have whatever you want if you believe in yourself and keep your feet firmly planted in the ground.
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The fear of hell, or aiming to be blest, savors too much of private interest.
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I think vestigially there's a synesthete in me, but not like a real one who immediately knows what colour Wednesday is.
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The bee collects honey from flowers in such a way as to do the least damage or destruction to them, and he leaves them whole, undamaged and fresh, just as he found them.
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The parts of graffiti I like are really antagonizing still - it's not something that a museum would really embrace.
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Here's how I look at it: Life is full of challenges. Everybody has them. For some, it's health or family crises. I had a financial challenge.
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Look at Michelle Pfeiffer: My God, she's 50 years old, but she is still so sexy. If I were into women, I would be totally into her.
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There is a feeling within our system that defence equipment can't be made here and should be imported. I wanted to break this myth, so we spent our money and made a product to prove we have capability in this country, so don't just brush us aside.
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When you have no money in New York, you're living in a shoebox, and it's freezing. When you have no money in L.A., you're living in a slightly larger shoebox, and you can go outside and feel okay about your life for a minute.
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I write songs, and I sing them. I never formulated a plan; I can't tell anyone else how to do this. But it feels right, so I just kind of enjoy it and get on with it.
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I had this idea that the coolest thing that could happen to you was talking with God. My father was always talking about God, and I idolized my father, so I'd spend hours trying to have mental telepathy with God.
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My clients don't pay me to feel sorry; they pay me to bring them money. I am tough, but I have a soft side.
