David Rubenstein Quotes
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I spend an extraordinary amount of time in my car, so I can justify the expense. That's the only extravagance in my life - it's my car.
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I've never gotten thick skin. If you close yourself off and you get this protective armor, there is a price you pay with that - of not feeling. And feeling is important when you are a songwriter.
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I simply adore getting dressed up for a special occasion. I feel incredible stepping out in luxurious fabrics and a bit of bling. That's also how I feel about special-occasion dining rooms. Because these aren't everyday spaces, they contain all sorts of drama for that once-in-a-while 'wow' event.
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What we ask of the developed countries is to let the Third World find a third way.
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Everything begins with an idea.
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I believe in the free enterprise system.
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Whenever I'm free, I spend time with people I love, people that inspire me in many different ways.
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In Art, man reveals himself and not his objects.
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With the greatest of respect, I have watched Apple from the day it started. I was publishing magazines about the Apple II before most people had ever heard what a personal computer was.
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You can go to the doctor a million times if you're feeling down, and get nowhere, but if you go for a run it makes you feel really good.
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My lessons didn't come at my father's knee. Like all good lessons, they were learned from example.
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I find it hard to focus looking forward. So I look backward.
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I want to be judged by who I am, not by a relationship.
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Women are builders of civil society. We are the ones who are going to build it. You know why? We have no choice. Either you shut up, and you are humiliated, or you do what I'm doing. You scream.
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I was never a person who dated in high school, because at 17, everything just felt like it had to be so rushed. Relationships just bounced around like crazy in high school! And now, I never want to rush anything. I just want to enjoy all of the steps.
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I believe that every child in Maryland deserves a world-class education, regardless of what neighborhood they grow up in.
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The Amex has a long, often troubled, sometimes glorious history.
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Truth is not a matter of personal viewpoint.
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I give 110 per cent all the time.
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We can travel anywhere we want, even to other planets. And for what? To sit day after day, declining in morale and hope. Falling into an interminable ennui.
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If you do well as an actor, a good director will pick up on it, and keep it in the film.
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I have but one life to give to adventure.
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I don't have perfect teeth, I'm not stick thin. I want to be the person who feels great in her body and can say that she loves it and doesn't want to change anything.
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For me, few things are more compelling than watching a great opera.
