Jacob Ruppert Quotes
It would be impossible for me to say when the idea of becoming an owner first came to me. Probably it was a gradual process. The first time the matter was brought to my attention in a concrete form, however, was when Charles Murphy was selling out his controlling interest in the Chicago Cubs.
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I am a story-teller, and I look to academic research... for ways of augmenting story-telling.
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I try and take lots of vitamins and I don't drink. I do smoke, though, I'd be insufferable if I didn't smoke, you'd have to push me off a balcony I'd be so boring.
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My stepfather was quite into opera, but he'd play it when he was in a bad mood, so you'd hear this boom through the floor, Wagner, and you'd feel nervous.
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It ultimately becomes an asset to be part of a theatrical family if, indeed, you're good at what you do.
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I'm not so sure I believe in dopplegangers. I just prefer to be Dane DeHaan.
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I think the most expensive thing I've bought thus far is my Rolex.
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I applied for funding to embark on an overseas field trip in Iceland, and spent six weeks there happily holed up in the national archives, museums and libraries, sifting through ministerial and parish records, censuses, maps, microfilm, logs, and local histories.
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The only danger about websites, you know, is people who remember something you did or said thirty or forty years ago, and bring it up against you, so you're going for a job and you don't get it.
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I'm not a god - I do bad things.
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Our pluralist society must provide its citizens with the tools to understand religions, their symbols and their practices.
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I was kind of bored playing drums in a band. Which was depressing, because playing in the band was kind of a golden ticket.
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E-governance is easy governance, effective governance, and also economic governance. E-governance paves the way for good governance.
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As I understand, the role of the federal judiciary, the role of our court system, is to provide justice.
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A great many people in this country are worried about law-and-order. And a great many people are worried about justice. But one thing is certain; you cannot have either until you have both.
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I've got that Beethoven energy, that Stravinsky energy. And it's all a gift from the Creator.
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It has been extraordinary, wonderful, I've been three feet off the ground since I made that first record.
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Hinduism has an enormous capacity to absorb from outside influences and accept it in a peaceful and steady manner without perturbing the system.
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For me to be as effective as possible, I intend to sharpen those skills I need to successfully lead an organization that is growing in size and complexity with each passing year.
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No, I regret nothing, all I regret is having been born, dying is such a long tiresome business I always found.
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I think 'Slippery When Wet' was the turning point, where our records represent our energy that we do live.
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I love performing. The more I do it, the more I grow into it.
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You have to be able to generate usable energy without greenhouse gas emissions, and you have to be able to do it cheaply if you want people to choose that approach. That means new technologies.
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In general, you don't want competitors to understand your business outside of telling people your revenue and profitability numbers.
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It would be impossible for me to say when the idea of becoming an owner first came to me. Probably it was a gradual process. The first time the matter was brought to my attention in a concrete form, however, was when Charles Murphy was selling out his controlling interest in the Chicago Cubs.
