J. B. Pritzker Quotes
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I've always been a very confident person, and I know how important it is to take advantage when life gives you opportunity.
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Everyone fears the cut of the blade. It doesn't matter after that. I know the spirit survives as there is so much evidence of the survival of the personality in the afterlife.
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Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.
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I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.
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It took me a long time to film the plastic bag, and then I had to get the cut of the scene right. But if you find it as beautiful as the character does, then suddenly it becomes a different movie, and so did he as a character.
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The Oscars are a lot different when you are a nominee. You walk around with this big smile on your face, and everyone, even people who work for rival film companies, tells you they voted for you.
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I love dessert. All kinds. But there's something about ice cream that makes me happy. I am drawn to its simplicity. I am perplexed by the endless supply of constantly growing flavor options. And I am always in the mood for sprinkles and a sugar cone.
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The relationship between husband and wife should be one of closest friends.
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I don't feel under-taxed in any way at all.
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It is so easy to forget that this is good that we're alive. We should be enjoying this gift of being alive.
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A funeral eulogy is a belated plea for the defense delivered after the evidence is all in.
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Russia, their number one client in the Middle East is Syria; that is their foothold in the Middle East. They want to have influence there.
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From my experience in working with bureaucrats and politicians, if you are a credible business group, they will definitely help you. At the end of the day, they, too, want development of their constituency, state or country.
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People will tell you anything but what they do is always the truth.
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In reality, those rare few cases with good forensic evidence are the ones that make it to court.
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Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.
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I could hum Beatles songs before I could talk - not very well, but sort of.
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The main interest of most members of the Christian Coalition is the breakdown of the family. I think that's our biggest problem, and if the whole country was as concerned and active in issues of the family as members of the Christian Coalition are, we'd probably be better off as a country.
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How much do you smoke, sir? Two packs a day, is that right? Pussy. I go through two lighters a day. That's right, two lighters! You're a health nut compared to me. You're like the Jack LaLanne of smokers compared to me.
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'We got a course in picknicking at the university,' said Dr. Bourbon. 'It's called Geology, but it's really picknicking.'
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The ancient Greeks and Romans were comfortable with any number of deities and were quite open to allowing conquered nations to continue to worship in whatever ways they saw fit, as long as they didn't mind having an emperor who required taxes and tributes.
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I personally don't think guys should get multiple chances when guys fail a steroid test.
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In the name of equal rights, women are being stripped of the protections of the family and given no place except the perverse competition of a sexual market in which increasingly shock, deviation, and aggressiveness command a premium . . .
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Rauner stands silent as Trump assaults our basic rights.
