Fred Upton Quotes
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I never race for records. The motivation to try to beat the record is not enough to continue. You have to enjoy it.
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To me, presentations are the most powerful device. You can't really name a movement that didn't start with the spoken word.
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For ages, I had this mullet until someone on the street stopped me and said, 'Darling, can I cut your hair for free? Because you look a bit weird.'
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Customers want new things, and the way that they get them isn't written in stone.
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I believe God knew what he was doing when he put oil under our ground. It should be a means to an end.
Olusegun Obasanjo -
I think you could ask 10 English people the same question about class and get a very different answer.
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In managers, I look for people who can get things done through other people. The most important thing for a good manager is that the people on his team feel like he or she has integrity.
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Like most Russians, I am very superstitious, and if I don't get married, I don't get divorced.
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A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship.
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The obviously inexperienced pilot is the game the scientific air-fighter goes after, and the majority of victories are won that way. But, on the other hand, it is the novice usually who gets the famous ace by doing at some moment the unexpected thing.
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The next time you feel unworthy, inadequate or inferior, remember that these experiences have nothing to do with humbleness, any more than lowering yourself to connect with another individual has to do with humbleness. There are no lower or higher individuals in the perception of a humble person. There are only souls. There is only love.
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I did one touring show with Horatio Sanz. We went to, I think it was Iowa State University, and we were in this field house, so people were sitting on the floor. It started out with 2,500 people in there. We delivered the most mediocre improv, and it went from a crowd of 2,500 to 250 people in the course of 45 minutes. It was grim.
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There are more than 200,000 people in Maputo who are nothing more than parasites.
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When I am in Egypt, I am along for the ride - I am a privileged outsider, but an outsider nonetheless.
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We live in a globalising world. That means that all of us, consciously or not, depend on each other. Whatever we do or refrain from doing affects the lives of people who live in places we'll never visit.
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I demand a lot from myself and reflect this attitude upon others: I consider it to be an important quality for a leader. I also think it is impossible to achieve success without persistence.
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'Shadow Souls' pushes probably every border that you can.
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Delusional pain hurts just as much as pain from actual trauma. So what if it's all in your head?
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One of my best friends growing up was Vietnamese, and he and his mom would teach me how to say certain things so I could impress my nail girls. Then the nail girls would teach me how to count to 100 and basic things like 'Thank you' and 'You're welcome.' It's funny, because any accent that I do now always turns into Vietnamese.
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I'm not a phony-friendly guy and I'm usually very quiet and not a big laugher, so some people might take that for rudeness and being mean. If anyone ever got that impression, I apologize. I love all my fans and really appreciate all their support!
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Being a star comes with not just fame and fortune, but with awareness and responsibility.
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Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.
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So now it is time to disassemble the parts of the jigsaw puzzle or to piece another one together, for I find that, having come to the end of my story, my life is just beginning.
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I'm a Reagan Republican, which means I don't speak ill of other Republicans.
