David Rockefeller Quotes
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For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.
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I turned down a lot of films.
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I like to see a good scientific bout by men who know the use of their hands but would rather walk twenty miles than see animals in strife.
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I grew up on cricket and I think Australian kids are getting so Americanized, you know?
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When I started off in England, HMV or Tower Records would come to meetings and be, like, 'We just don't know what this genre is.' I don't really fit in between Rihanna and Beyonce.
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Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.
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When I went to college, I discovered the Sega console, and 'Sonic the Hedgehog' became very dear to me.
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Celebrities are just like us and like any of your friends. I love working with people.
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I just want my family to be safe. Because I am sometimes polarizing, I fear for their safety.
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I believe myself to possess a most singular combination of qualities exactly fitted to make me pre-eminently a discoverer of the hidden realities of nature.
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Prestige is the shadow of money and power.
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I think awards are good for the movie. They can bring a new audience to the movie. I've always claimed that things like that don't get you work. Work gets you work. That's my blue-collar, protestant work ethic.
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I do believe in the potential of like-minded people coming together.
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But people who really know me, know that I am not a bad boy at heart... I am a big teddy bear.
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Successful givers secure their oxygen masks before coming to the assistance of others. Although their motives may be less purely altruistic, their actions prove more altruistic, because they give more.
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I have an obsession with mortality. I saw a friend die when I was 18, and I can't get over it.
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The political, social, and spiritual impact of the life example set by Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela might be measured in part by the profound and unique gestures made by people in different countries to honor his life upon learning of his death.
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I've had a job since I was 11. I had a paper route, I worked at a video store, I was a toy doll at FAO Schwartz when I was in high school. And I think that it's made me really disciplined when it came to pursuing acting, because I had no clue how to go about it.
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Our military men and women are our greatest national treasure. They should be safeguarded as such upon their return.
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A mellow understanding of life and of human nature is, and always has been, the Chinese ideal of character, and from that understanding other qualities are derived, such as pacifism, contentment, calm and strength of endurance which distinguish the Chinese character.
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When women told me they'd always wished they had a sister, they were thinking of this ideal of mutual encouragement and support. Many of those who have sisters also yearn for this ideal because their relationships with their sisters don't always live up to it.
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No one can tell you what to do or push you around. It gives you a secure feeling. That's the best thing about money.
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Why is there so much month left at the end of the money?
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MoMA is doubling its space, and I decided to raise the money for it.
