J. B. Pritzker Quotes
The idea of investing in entrepreneurs who are building things from scratch, where I can participate in their dream, was very, very exciting to me.
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I've always loved working out. When I was little, my dad used to make me and my sister do 10 press-ups every day before we brushed our teeth in the morning. It was like a boot camp! Then I did a lot of athletics at school and was a dancer.
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The fundamentalists are increasing. People, afraid to oppose those fundamentalists, shut their mouths. It is really very difficult to make people move against a sensitive issue like religion, which is the source of fundamentalism.
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God surrounded me with people of faith, people of strong faith, people of power, spiritual power, and I saw little miracles happen in their lives. By it happening in their lives, I started believing it could happen to me.
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True stories, autobiographical stories, like some novels, begin long ago, before the acts in the account, before the birth of some of the people in the tale.
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Just because you're of the same sex, what difference does it make? Get married to whomever you want.
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Dreams are not without meaning wherever thay may come from-from fantasy, from the elements, or from other inspiration.
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I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.
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I like things simple.
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We want a marriage with our customers, not a relationship.
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I made myself famous by writing 'songs' and lyrics about the beauty of the things I did and ugliness, too.
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For me, I never, never, from the moment I started acting, had a desire to be famous.
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I am an economist, not an astrologer.
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I'd love to make a thriller.
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I'm doing everything that I can, working with experts, really studying the statistics to figure out a way we can make it cool or normal to be kind and loving.
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The law is simply expediency wearing a long white dress.
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I love hard punch lines, and I like anything that has a strong point of view.
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When I was starting out, I always wanted to be able to do everything - comedy and drama and action, and everything in between. Film is so diverse, and it's fun to be able to take advantage of all of it.
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Some of the best songs that artists perform year after year are ones they hated.
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I like the condition of being an outsider, just passing through.
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The final story, the final chapter of western man, I believe, lies in Los Angeles.
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A lot of people who were writing when I came through originally as a singer-songwriter have disappeared.
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An idea discovered is much better possessed.
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The idea of investing in entrepreneurs who are building things from scratch, where I can participate in their dream, was very, very exciting to me.
