James B. Stewart Quotes
Most European countries fund their low corporate taxes with some form of a value-added tax, on consumption rather than income.
Quotes to Explore
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We are poor, feeble, and blind mortals when the eye of the Almighty looks through all worlds and by his power executes all things aright, and by his grace, he makes us all rich in Heavenly Gifts. In distress and in bereavements, we can look only to him. From mortals like ourselves we can derive no help.
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I think good companies can navigate being public and doing the right things for their customers.
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As independent filmmakers, we are actually deeply dependent on each other. The Spirit Awards are a public expression of those bonds, the intricate set of relationships and histories that we filmmakers depend on to make our most personal work.
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In our league, it comes right down to the end.
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My friends I grew up with were so supportive to me. And I'm not the only one who's done well.
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If you taste something, you're not at the maximum of your ability. What I think about in competition is temperature and texture. It has nothing to do with taste or emotion.
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Don't bother about being modern. Unfortunately it is the one thing that, whatever you do, you cannot avoid.
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That's what we were exploring on 'Larry Sanders' - the human qualities that have brought us to where we are now in the world: the addiction to needing more and wanting more and talking more. We were examining the labels put on success - is it successful to be on TV every day, to be famous, to have a paycheck?
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I think for me, or for anyone who plays the quarterback position, it's almost an unspoken word when you think about leadership. Some guys can be a leader and be a running back or a lineman, or wide receiver, strong safety, or linebacker. But when you speak of quarterbacks, it's automatically a default that you're supposed to be a leader.
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Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.
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I ate better in Liberia than I did in Ohio.
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It was Nate Monaster who encouraged me to be a writer.
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My mother giving birth to me was just like Lady Sybil giving birth, except that there wasn't such a tragic ending.
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Human beings are natural mimickers. The more you're conscious of the other side's posture, mannerisms, and word choices - and the more you subtly reflect those back - the more accurate you'll be at taking their perspective.
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I have truly eclectic taste in music, and I seem to cycle through phases in terms of to what's inspiring me. I'll go from Beethoven to Sigur Ros; world music, Brit-pop, classic rock, blues/jazz, even the odd bit of heavy metal.
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Writers who are activists are very rarely taken seriously as artists.
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The last thing that should happen is funding cut for education; it should be increased. We need to put more money towards education, and anything else is abusive.
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I think what's going to happen with linear television is it's going to become more linear. It's going to become more about events and more about award shows, live sports - all those things that, really, you can't replicate.
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We should constantly be aspiring to reach higher and higher and higher. We should never be comfortable where we are.
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I've always liked this idea that writing should comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable to create trouble. The value of a work of art can be measured by the harm spoken of it. If you're not feeling that, then absolutely, why bother?
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Think about it. Are you a better version of yourself every year? Are you still running your mind on version 1.0 or have you upgraded to version 3.0? Do you create more value with new ideas, knowledge and skills constantly?
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In the United States, large corporations control some members of Congress. All this does is delay the corporation's funeral at our expense.
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A crowd, proportionately to its size, magnifies all that in its units pertains to the emotions, and diminishes all that in them pertains to thought.
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Most European countries fund their low corporate taxes with some form of a value-added tax, on consumption rather than income.
