Jacques Dubochet Quotes
I hate personal competition, and so each time in my career I came in a field where it was highly competitive, I gave up.
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All I came to Los Angeles with was a dream. No one from my family ever left Ohio.
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Since the moment I could hold a pencil, I have spent nearly all day every day writing. And there is not an age group that I have not written for. You can read me from birth 'til death.
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Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.
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When I was in the private sector, I found it immensely useful to go out and talk to customers and co-workers.
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Cultures and races are mixing in a very organic way in the world, and that should be reflected in film and television.
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I was living as a young single mom. I was 19 when I was divorced, and my daughter was a year old, and I waited tables here three to four nights a week for several years while I was trying to support myself and my daughter and the day I got that acceptance at Harvard Law School was an unforgettable day.
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Life isn't about quantity, it's about quality.
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The foundations and the intent of the Affordable Care Act are laudable. The way it's being implemented is a disaster.
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History's a resource.
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Any time you have an injury, it's going to be tough.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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And eventually as I kept writing it, something emerged that was not quite me but a version of me.
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Don't be afraid to convince yourself that your business is incredible, but don't expect others to be convinced without solid data to back it up. Ideas can be a worth a lot, but they are usually not. Execution is everything.
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Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.
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I think my best friend is dry shampoo and dry texturizer spray.
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I try to be upbeat. I read this book which tells you to write down everything that you're grateful for each day. Now I'm constantly noticing all the little things that make me joyful.
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What a pity human beings can't exchange problems. Everyone knows exactly how to solve the other fellow's.
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Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.
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I think what really people want is just a few things done really, really well. And if you think about ever day of your life, the things you really appreciate aren't the complicated things. They're the simple things that work just the way you expect them to.
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No one wants to die, and no one wants to die poor. These are the two fundamental truths that transcend culture, they transcend politics, they transcend economic cycles.
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But I do believe that's when you do your soul-searching. I think when you have these trials that life gives you, it is an opportunity to find out who you are. Not just who you are when everything's great, but who are you when every thing is taken away from you and you have nothing.
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I spend a lot of time in American Apparel.
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I hate personal competition, and so each time in my career I came in a field where it was highly competitive, I gave up.
