J. B. Pritzker Quotes
Just because one happens to be wealthy, it doesn't mean you are naturally any good at building an investment operation that is world-class or successful.
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Every bad thing that's happened to me has defined me, has shaped, has moulded me.
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The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great.
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I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I've written 29 damn plays. Isn't that enough?
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For the last seven years, I have been racing the best in the world and making my way through the ranks. I am in that spot where I have got a real opportunity to produce something. I am not going to take it for granted because I know those guys will step it up.
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It's hard to have people talking about you and trashing you in the media and saying they think your career is over... and you are only 25.
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Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain.
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Social revolutions are never simple.
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If something is mine, then I want to keep it.
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I loved teaching social studies. And I loved starting each year by teaching about John Locke and the social contract. That lesson helped me teach not just about our rules for the classroom, but how, in our democracy, we give up some individual rights to ensure we collectively have the right to live and prosper in a society.
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Forget mung beans' reputation as healthy yet bland - used right, they soak up loads of flavour.
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We keep score in life because it matters. It counts. It matters. Too many people opt out and never discover their own abilities because they fear failure. They don't understand commitment.
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I've spent most of my mature life trying to prove that I'm not irresponsible.
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Unlike President Obama, I am not afraid to state, without a wink or a nod, that the government has no right to tell us who we can marry or not marry.
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There's only one way to become a hitter. Go up to the plate and get mad. Get mad at yourself and mad at the pitcher.
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I was embarrassed about modeling. When you're at school and you're modeling, it sounds very glamorous, but I didn't want to do things that no one else was doing. I didn't want to be the odd one out. I wanted to be part of the gang.
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I feel like I should be more in touch with the nuances of this game.
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I'm the kind of person who'll have a few drinks and fall asleep at 11.
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You have to train people how to be business innovators. If you don't train them, the quality of the ideas that you get in an innovation marketplace is not likely to be high.
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I wasn't a one-on-one type of guy.
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Lyrics have to be underwritten. That's why poets generally make poor lyric writers because the language is too rich. You get drowned in it.
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There are two types of people in the world. People who like kids, and people who don't. People who complain about kids screaming on aeroplanes and in restaurants, and those people who love kids and enjoy their energy and enjoy hearing the noise they make and get off on their energy. I am one of those people who happens to love kids.
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I cried when I found out I was a finalist, I kind of went limp when they called my name. I felt like my spirit jumped out of my body, and I was just flesh - it was just amazing.
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There's a lot more to publishing a book than writing it and slapping a cover on it.
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Just because one happens to be wealthy, it doesn't mean you are naturally any good at building an investment operation that is world-class or successful.
