Billy Beane Quotes
The bottom line is that any business should be a meritocracy. The best and brightest. Period.
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I've done nothing but show up and fight, go to work inside the Octagon, outside the Octagon, and do things right. But people want to talk about me and discredit me.
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I was initially a leading man, but only on television.
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Realism hasn't fallen out of favor with most people, who are interested in people's lives rather than gymnastics of style or literary trends. It's a certain kind of academic who undervalues realism, largely because it is not amenable to endless exegesis.
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If I was to do anything besides acting, I would be a fireman or a beat cop. I'd do a regular job.
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The power of a sports team in a community it's almost indescribable.
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One Direction is the main thing I'm doing and I'm 100 per cent dedicated to the group.
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In fact, many nations currently refuse to support embryonic stem cell research of any kind.
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I'm not trying to be coy or manipulative or Machiavellian, I want to spark people's imaginations.
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Growing up, I had a very happy childhood, with two parents who are still very much together.
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As Mayor, I will use my experience to make San Francisco a place where small businesses can thrive.
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I have five horses. My first was a professional jumper named Santos. I got him when I was 18.
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I remember 'Hannah Montana' came out, and I was so depressed, I started crying because I was like, 'I want to do that.'
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We should all love animals.
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If I were governor, and a bill came to my desk that provided for background checks at gun shows, I would sign that.
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How hard can it be to walk up and down in a straight line? You just need to put one step in front of another; most people do it all the time. What's the worst that can happen? You fall over. Sometimes that happens to non-models, too; it wouldn't be the end of the world.
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After six years at Le Cirque, I decided to start my own business. I opened Daniel at 76th Street in May '93.
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Going out for a meal, especially for young urbanites, is less about socialising over enjoyable food than about enjoying food as a way to socialise.
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It is well known that Turkey has more imprisoned journalists than any other country, but as a result of the chilling effect of these prosecutions on the press, many stories never make the news.
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When you go from one place to another, you go with experience, you don't go with prescriptions.
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I don't like the idea of being a human being, existing, talking to my friends, and having these real human conversations, and then getting to work on a sitcom and turning that part of my brain off.
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One of the things that happens to you if you write about restaurants - one of the reasons restaurant critics are the real heroes - is that whenever anyone has a grievance about any aspect of the business, they tell you about it.
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In my opinion, my business runs better when my family is a part of it, and I get to see my wife and kids; that makes me a better artist.
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And every day that I spend as Charlotte and Aiden's mother, I think about my own mother, my wonderful, thoughtful, hilarious mother.
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The bottom line is that any business should be a meritocracy. The best and brightest. Period.
