Douglas Conant Quotes
I have a foundational belief that business results start with culture and your people.
Quotes to Explore
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You go where you think it's good for your work and your soul to go. I need to go someplace where I am reminded about why I wanted to act in the first place, and for me, that's the theater.
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I'm so excited to be working on 'Doctor Who,' as it's such a big and important part of British culture.
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I'm not an anti-capitalist, or anarchist. I want capitalism to work.
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Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy.
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I tried to play rugby but was never very good.
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I'm still number one and I just recently won a major tournament ahead of my toughest rivals so I think I had a few years ahead of me if I decided to stay.
Garry Kasparov
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Each of our 900 shows so far was different - maybe that's what makes the fans come back to our gigs time and again. And that they're always part of the show. Phish concerts are a communal experience.
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Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise.
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Our duties and responsibilities as human beings must be shown to be so incontrovertible that even atheists must recognize them. There are ultimate taboos.
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We have to think about the future and what it is we want to accomplish from this party.
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I grew up with a pet iguana named Willy. We had a very contentious relationship. It turns out that iguanas are not meant to live in suburban homes.
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Do you want to tear your life apart and get rid of everything you've known as a lifestyle? Like seeing your family? Being with your friends? A fishing trip? A hunting trip? A night's sleep?
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I want to expand the compassionate conservative agenda. I believe life begins in the womb, and we should protect it. But it extends to a child in Darfur or someone living in poverty.
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I was a pop freak. I love music. Of course, I knew soul because I grew up in it. Writing it and everything. I love soul. But I love a tune that has some meat in it. Something I could hang my hat on. Because music is universal. Therefore, I felt no boundaries.
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Some artists get so comfortable now after even one or two albums and think, 'I'm the biggest artist in the world,' but it's like, yeah, you are for now, but you've gotta work so that you're remembered further, and that's what I'm trying to do.
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Eventually, I decided that if I was going to really write a novel, I couldn't do it in New York City while holding down a job. You need a constant money source to live in New York City unless you're independently wealthy, which I'm not.
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I never met a woman I didn't like. I love 'em all, in their different ways.
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A secret is a secret in my mind.
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Art and culture are nonetheless vital, essential even, to what it means to be human, yet digital abundance has diminished our sense of their worth.
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Chinese people today have strong demand for culture, but we need effective supply, and China needs innovative cultural products.
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Food stamps are an investment in our future.
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Have you noticed that life, with murders and catastrophes and fabulous inheritances, happens almost exclusively in newspapers?
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I have a foundational belief that business results start with culture and your people.
