Douglas Wilson Quotes
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I have always had a horror and detestation of poverty.
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I'm a competitive person by nature, and I have been in competitive companies, and I love to compete - joining a company where, certainly, there is a real fire in the belly to compete and bring that energy is something I look forward to.
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I need to be doing different things all the time; it's just part of who I am.
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The whole fame question is one that is constantly intriguing to me. I think that fame is something that other people create about you. Whether you jump into that or not is up to you – and whether you have the talents for jumping into it or not.
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I am never without my lyric book. If anything inspirational happens, I have it there so nothing's forgotten.
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I don't study cricket too much. Whatever I have learned or experienced is through cricket I've played on the field, and whatever little I have watched.
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When takers talk about mistakes, they're usually quick to place the blame on other people. Givers are more likely to say 'Here's the mistake I made; I learned the following from it. Here are the steps I'm taking to make sure I don't let people down in the future.'
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I like to play the weirdos. I like to play the people that are hard to like. You get to say and do things that you would never say and do in real life.
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Our worst comes out when we behave like robots or professionals.
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I don't think it's possible to touch people's imagination today by aesthetic means.
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Daniel Ellsberg showed tremendous courage back in the '70s.
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I have had the good fortune to be able to climb the highest mountain on each of the seven continents. I have enjoyed the freedom I had gained from building a successful business from scratch, making some money, and creating the lifestyle I wanted.
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I think soul will always find its way into what I'm doing. It just comes from my root.
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The difference was you worked for Nixon, and with Ford.
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Our program for American GIs can be heard at 1630 hours.
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One person I find fascinating is J.Crew's Mickey Drexler. I would love to get into that brain and see how it works.
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When you arrive at a fork in the road, take it.
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The first and pivotal negotiations over global access to AIDS drugs began in Geneva in 1991. They lasted two years, but confidential minutes suggest they were doomed the first day.
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I always had a really natural faith as a kid. Where I knew God existed and it felt very free and pretty wild and natural, and it wasn't religious.
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I am disgusted and worn out with the system that seems to prevail.
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They have just succeeded in raising the two thousand pounds here, by subscription, that was wanted towards an exploration fund, for fitting out an expedition, that will probably start for the interior of our continent next March.
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Capitalism is, fundamentally, an economic system that promotes inequality.
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I like writing better. Because I don't have to wear makeup, I don't have to be thin, and I don't have to remember lines.
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I was supposed to be the antithesis of Frank.
