Philip Green Quotes
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When I'm telling stories of my video game days, when I was a really hardcore MMO player, I played 'EverQuest' for two years and played 'World of Warcraft' and several other games for the last ten years or so... 95% of the stories I'll tell you are 'EverQuest.'
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An act of unilateral nuclear disarmament by a European power would have a much more lasting impact than all the sanctions under consideration. Sanctions, as we know from the example of Iraq, always affect the least powerful citizens the most.
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Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker seemed so sophisticated and bad. I wanted to be like that.
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The optimum population is, then, less than the maximum.
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Even a single Justice can have a profound impact on the country.
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When you're in a high-stress situation, dynamics between people can change.
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When you wait to the last minute, you rush to get things done, and the closer you get to the deadline, the less options you have.
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I personally think you can have a really rich and full life with no abs. Abs are for wimps.
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People are going to say what they want to say.
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Nobody moves on purpose to Detroit.
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Everyone has a warped vision of Hollywood and what success in Hollywood is like.
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Ike runs the country, and I turn the pork chops.
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The first thing that's important is to really have people believe in you. If you have that, you can do anything.
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Everybody makes money for a living, but most of us actually do something that has a point, in addition to just making money. We examine and treat patients, we teach students, we draw up contracts and wills, we write for newspapers, magazines, and web sites, we clean floors, or we serve meals.
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Now, practically all reviewers have academic aspirations. The people from the universities are used to a captive audience, but the literary journalist has to please his audience.
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Fantasy, if it's really convincing, can't become dated, for the simple reason that it represents a flight into a dimension that lies beyond the reach of time. In this new dimension, whatever it is, nothing corrodes or gets run down at the heel or gets to look ridiculous like, say, the celluloid collar or the bustle.
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Sometimes there is a tendency to talk about women as though we are a herd...women believe this or women want that. But we very much vote on the issues depending on what's important.
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Being around people with whom you feel a connection, on many levels, not just a professional one, is very relaxing. Your ears are more open to someone who is not a cantankerous bastard.
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Many bands that I like that have longevity on their side with consistent members are even splits. It makes a big difference to have the other two guys involved every step of the way. It keeps the thing moving. Everyone is taken with equal degree of seriousness. It's not just because it's a four-way partnership. It also relates to taking things maturely and taking other people's thoughts into consideration.
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That's definitely something I've experienced my whole life - people thinking one thing and then discovering that I'm not, hopefully. So I relate to having to fight that and claim my own identity, when people are trying to throw different ones at me.
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I thought my nose was too prominent so I had this corrected via plastic surgery in 1959.
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There may be men who act without understanding why. I do not. To listen much, pick out the good and follow it; to see much and ponder it: this comes next to understanding.
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You've got to love what you do to really make things happen.
