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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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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What I love about 'Midnight Train' is that it's a song about a journey, but the music actually takes you on that journey. It feels like you're moving through the whole song.
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I have learned that music comes in all shapes and sizes.
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I was staying at the Konchucos Tambo lodge, next to the Huascaran national park, near Chavin. Sitting here on its veranda, I was beginning to see where all those Latin American magical realists get their inspiration from: they don't need to make anything up; they just write down what's around them.
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By writing quickly we are not brought to write well, but by writing well we are brought to write quickly.
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The monster was the best friend I ever had.
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Blessed is trust, for it blesses both those who have it to give and those who receive it.
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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.
