Bob Taft Quotes
Ohioans are practical. We're a can-do people. Give us a problem, we'll give you a solution.
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I took my acting very seriously. I did over 40 films, and naturally, some of them were called B-movies because the woman was at the top of the billing. Women couldn't star in their own movies.
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Every employee needs to know that there's somebody out there that they serve. And when we don't let people know that for one reason or another, we're depriving them of a fulfilling job.
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My parents would definitely be my childhood heroes.
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I'll always be back to the stage. I have no doubt that the stage will always call me back. There will always be a character that no one else can play, and I'll be back to play it.
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A man is not complete until he has seen the baby he has made.
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I used to never feel pressure to be creative; it's always just been a fun thing. And then suddenly, it's my job, and people are asking, 'Where's the record?'
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America believes what's good for us is good for the world. It's very difficult to understand that that's not necessarily true.
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There is a certain amount of dissatisfaction that goes with knowing your time, talent and abilities are not being properly used.
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When I entered into office mid-recession, my No. 1 focus was Utah's economy. We set bold goals, and we've built one of the best-performing economies in the nation.
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I have a company called Earl Campbell Foods. I got into the meat business in 1991.
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Every man I meet is in some way my superior.
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I sold Blockbuster because I saw what was coming: the satellite dish, technology that would make the business obsolete in a few years. Why would people go to a store for a video and then have to return it when they had a dish?
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It is amazing that it is my destiny to be the first Aussie to win the Masters.
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I was always quite good with accents - I always had quite a good ear - so from the age of about 13, I used to do a lot of voiceover and dubbing for foreign films.
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Those boos really motivate me to make something happen.
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Fear was absolutely necessary. Without it, I would have been scared to death.
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Possessions. The very word is potent - suggestive as it is of ownership both material and erotic. To possess. Possession. Possessed.
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A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets.
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Staging Formula One is incredibly expensive.
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The trouble when you die is that everyone says you were nice. I would like to be thought of as genuinely nice. I would like there to be people who can honestly say, 'Len! Oh yeah, there was more good than bad in him.'
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In a city where you walk around, it's impossible to plan your day and your life as accidents will happen, you'll overhear things, bump into people, and take unexpected turns.
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People saw the Depression as a necessary thing - a chance to squeeze out the excesses, get back to Puritan morality. That just made things worse.
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Man is the only creature that strives to surpass himself, and yearns for the impossible.
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Ohioans are practical. We're a can-do people. Give us a problem, we'll give you a solution.
