James Cash Penney Quotes
My definition of an executive's job is brief and to the point. It is simply this: Getting things done through other people.

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It's a luxury to not have to just be performing with other people to have my music heard.
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Let's not get too precious about it: actors are not heart surgeons or brain surgeons. We are just entertaining people.
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I chose to present myself as one who comes from among the people, and I can be touched by their pain because I have my own.
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People may remember something I did on the field for a couple of days, maybe a week.
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It's important that people come see our show, because we are performers. We wanted people to see that.
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A lot of newspaper columns used to be written in a rat-a-tat-tat, fast-paced style - and they tended to be funny. They were a little relief from the grimmer, grayer parts of the newspaper, and one of the best people at doing this was Will Rogers.
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A lot of people have the misconception that, as a Muslim woman, I am somehow against women wearing bikinis. No, I want women to feel comfortable and confident in whatever they wear.
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In my flat in Chicago, I've got this big room with an office in the corner and a balcony so I can watch people go by.
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I purposefully try to make films in that grey area, where things are morally ambiguous. It's like life: good people do horrible things, and bad people do good things, and there's beauty in horror and horror in beauty.
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When we say Afro American, we include everyone in the Western Hemisphere of African descent. South America is America. Central America is America. South America has many people in it of African descent.
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What usually happens in the educational process is that the faculties are dulled, overloaded, stuffed and paralyzed so that by the time most people are mature they have lost their innate capabilities.
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It seems every year, people make the resolution to exercise and lose weight and get in shape.
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Some musical directors have more chutzpah. They pick up the phone and talk people into giving. I prefer to call and say 'thank you' after the money has been contributed.
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Some Christians see the biblical teaching on homosexuality as reflecting the culture and times in which the Bible was written and not reflecting God's eternal perspective on homosexual people. Others believe these scriptures represent God's timeless will for how human beings practice intimacy.
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I've done teaching and things like that because if you're acting, you're becoming other human beings, and you need to have time to find who you are as well.
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I got a job as a human rights and refugees officer, working on youth-based projects. But I realized all the kids I was working with were far more into 'The Daily Show' than the policy briefings.
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I think there's a perception out there that people know me based on these glamorous photos they see of me in magazines, but I have about two hours of hair and makeup and then people to dress me, to make me look even better, in those pictures.
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People going into the cities for the opportunities and the towns are getting older, no young people.
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I joined 3G when I was 24, but I didn't really have much of a management role there. I became C.F.O. when we acquired Burger King, so that was my first time managing people. I had just turned 30.
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There will always be music on the Internet that people can steal. What's new is not theft. What's new is a distribution channel for stolen property called the Internet. So there will always be illegal music on the Internet.
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'Laughter separates us from despair and gives us a chance at love.'
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We have abolished the death penalty for humans, so why should it continue for animals?
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It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.
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My definition of an executive's job is brief and to the point. It is simply this: Getting things done through other people.