J. B. Pritzker Quotes
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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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In some ways, with the security challenges this country has faced, we have had to put in rules and regulations for business to be able to sustain their growth and create jobs.
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It was my mother's idea. Her feeling was that I didn't have the intelligence to pick a trade myself.
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I was passionate about soccer. I still am. Odd, though - playing soccer always made me much more anxious than playing tennis. On soccer days, I'd be out of bed by 6 in the morning, all nervous. But I was always calm when it was time for a tennis match. I still don't know why.
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The questions don't do the damage. Only the answers do.
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Start every day off with a smile and get it over with.
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Publishers vet books, and they do a good job keeping out the low quality. But they also miss some good quality.
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'Macbeth' was a very lucky play for me.
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It's nice to have my mother as someone I can talk to about acting. My dad's a director, so when he comes to watch me on set, he think it's his set. He's always telling a production assistant, 'Can you get me five donuts?'
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China is still the fastest growing economy in the world, but we need to learn how to use money in a better way, and it's about quality, not quantity.
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In real life, I'm pretty much an eternal optimist.
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We may define therapy as a search for value.
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Hindi films are so deceptive. I thought Mumbai was this big, grand, beautiful city with sea-facing flats.
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It is a pleasure to play under Jose Mourinho, and everything is OK. I learn every day. He is a normal coach. He speaks a lot with the players. I like it when the manager speaks a lot with you because it gives you confidence.
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Kids will ask us 'How do you become famous?' It's the wrong question. Focus on the craft, not on the fame.
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Working with Jack Albertson was one of my great joys.
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All the big online retailers are looking at how to enter the Russian market.
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It's never fun having to bulk up for a job on an action film, then lose weight for another role. I don't actually mind working out, but it's the diet: I'm half-French, so I love my food, and boiled chicken breast for breakfast is not my idea of a good meal.
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Touring is what you make it. I like to organise as much as possible myself.
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I guess the reality is, everybody today has so many gadgets.
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There would be no Star Trek unless there were transporter malfunctions.
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My mom has helped me so much. She has great style, and she's an amazing dresser.
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We're pretty sure there's plenty of organic material on Pluto. The atmosphere is largely methane, and in sunlight, methane builds organic molecules. We see reddish stuff on the surface that we think is organic material.
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My great-grandfather came here as a refugee from the pogrom in Ukraine.
