J. B. Pritzker Quotes
I've tried, in my own life, to speak up when I see harassment occurring. But I want to acknowledge that there are probably situations and instances where I could have done more. I think that's an acknowledgment that all men need to make.
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To write a good mystery you have to know where it will end before you can decide where it will begin... and I've always known where it will end.
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Awards for arts, where you make comparisons, don't make much sense.
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On right-to-life, see the Republicans flee from Todd Akin, who committed a gaffe while restating his support for what has been a plank of the Republican platform since 1980.
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If you behave normally, people treat you normally. It's only when you act as if you're someone special that they feel obliged to stand on ceremony.
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The history of the music industry is inevitably also the story of the development of technology. From the player piano to the vinyl disc, from reel-to-reel tape to the cassette, from the CD to the digital download, these formats and devices changed not only the way music was consumed, but the very way artists created it.
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You possess a potent force that you either use, or misuse, hundreds of times every day.
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If the white man gives you anything - just remember when he gets ready he will take it right back. We have to take for ourselves.
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One of the great political and economic challenges of our time is figuring out the balance between wealth that benefits society and wealth that distorts.
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I say I haven't lost my religion. I've lost my ideology.
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I'll tell you, I never thought I'd ever be going into law, and certainly not the same kind of law as my dad.
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If I can't get a mental image from the song, I won't sing it.
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I've been very fortunate in my collaborators throughout my career.
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People who are truly horrible are often the most interesting people in the room. You look at them and just say, 'Why?'
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The person who grieves suffers his passion to grow upon him; he indulges it, he loves it; but this never happens in the case of actual pain, which no man ever willingly endured for any considerable time.
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I'm a terrific mimic, and you can feel my funny bone.
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I like to write scenes in the middle of the night. We could change every word of 'Family Ties' between Monday and Friday.
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Anything that we do to make ourselves feel worthy and safe is a flight from the pain of powerlessness. Every pursuit of external power - every attempt to change the world or a person in order to make yourself feel valuable and safe - is a distraction from the pain of powerlessness.
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I get so much mail from young girls who say, 'I look up to you, you're not as skinny as everyone else, I think you're beautiful' … So when they say that my body is 'ugly' and 'disgusting,' what does that make those girls feel like?
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The sky is the limit. I'm just following where life takes me. It's been an incredible journey.
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You can't sweep other people off their feet, if you can't be swept off your own.
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A well-rounded performer will listen to all kinds of music. I like classical, Middle Eastern, and rock a lot.
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It is profound philosophy to sound the depths of feeling and distinguish traits of character. Men must be studied as deeply as books.
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I've tried, in my own life, to speak up when I see harassment occurring. But I want to acknowledge that there are probably situations and instances where I could have done more. I think that's an acknowledgment that all men need to make.
