Bill Gross Quotes
I always thought of myself as being part of a family and sharing and, yes, leading, but not forcing people to do anything.
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I see my daft surname as a positive thing. It first dawned on me that I had a comical name when someone called me 'Fishface' on my first day at school. I've heard all the fish jokes since then, many times over.
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I talk every day about doing the right thing.
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We all sit in front of our mics and our scripts lay on music stands. Then the silliness begins!
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The Supreme Court is not elected, and it is therefore not a proper arbiter of social policy.
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Oxford is Oxford: not a mere receptacle for youth, like Cambridge. Perhaps it wants its inmates to love it rather than to love one another.
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I've always really been interested in the Pygmalion myth and both what it has to say about creativity and what it has to say about relationships between men and women.
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I've always been a very confident person, and I know how important it is to take advantage when life gives you opportunity.
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Maybe one day music will just be music, and there won't be these categories; it'll just be different shades of music.
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Technology is vital. We have to have development in new technology if we're going to solve these environmental problems without throwing humanity back in poverty.
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If people think they've found my biggest weakness, let them try to take advantage of it.
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Hits and flops are overrated.
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Hors D'oeuvre: A ham sandwich cut into forty pieces.
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I haven't done as many films as I would have liked.
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The best way to look stylish on a budget is to try second-hand, bargain hunting, and vintage.
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I try to basically keep my opinions to myself when it comes to people who are charged with crimes that I don't know anything about.
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Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
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As actors, we put in our best, but when people don't like a film, you have to learn to deal with it. I've learnt not to get too emotional.
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In Maryland, we have the unfortunate distinction of being the most gerrymandered state in the entire nation.
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We shall not fail - if we stand firm, we shall not fail. Wise counsels may accelerate, or mistakes delay it, but, sooner or later, the victory is sure to come.
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As individuals, we will be judged in our lives by the totality of our actions. Not one thing will stand out. And I think that's how we get judged by our colleagues and that's how we get judged by the good lord.
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For me, ancestry is just one thing that connects us to people, and feeling connected to other people is generally a good thing, as long as one kind of connection does not have primacy over all the others. Heredity, race and nationhood are not the best criteria by which to judge our fellow humans.
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When you see the same familiar faces, it's nice when you get a chance to play with the same musicians. You start to develop this shorthand so everybody knows where you're at and where you're going, but then again, there are always surprises. But the more people are comfortable with the material, the more free you can be with the music.
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I always thought of myself as being part of a family and sharing and, yes, leading, but not forcing people to do anything.
