James Collins Quotes

So my answer is, YES, everyone can find a hedgehog concept. If these companies can do it, anyone can do it. And anybody who says they can't is simply whining.

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• I think having a great idea is vastly overrated. I know it sounds kind of crazy and counterintuitive. I don't think it matters what the idea is, almost. You need great execution.

  

  Felix Dennis
  • Great
  • Crazy
  • Execution

• I think that we are all much closer to our childhood selves than we often think, so when we read about childhood, it can surprise us how immediate or moving it is, when perhaps those feelings are just there, waiting to be accessed all the time.

  

  Sadie Jones
  • Time
  • Moving
  • Waiting

• I've been working hard: lots of therapy, speech therapy, physical therapy, yoga too.

  

  Gabrielle Giffords
  • Yoga
  • Speech
  • Working Hard

• I'm a professional actor, not a celebrity.

  

  Pam Ferris
  • Professional
  • Celebrity

• I think with anything where you delve into the back story of an artist, it kind of explains their work more intimately.

  

  Aaron Johnson
  • Work
  • Think
  • Artist

• In every other science fiction series, humans are at the top of the food chain. In the 'Babylon 5' universe, they're in the bottom third.

  

  J. Michael Straczynski
  • Science
  • Food
  • Universe

• I think it's very important for both women and men to see women working in a variety of capacities.

  

  Maggie Hassan
  • Men
  • Important
  • Women

• I'm usually very attracted to things that I can't define. If something's too clear, it's very often not inspiring to me anymore.

  

  Raf Simons
  • Me
  • Inspiring
  • Often

• It is impossible for capitalists and laborers to have common interests.

  

  Samuel Gompers
  • Impossible
  • Common
  • Laborers

• Life is too short not to have pasta, steak, and butter.

  

  Iman
  • Life
  • Short
  • Pasta

• I would still describe China as a vast, invigorating puzzle that will never make sense to my western upbringing.

  

  Abigail Washburn
  • Never
  • China
  • Puzzle

• I went to a lovely school, and I got an incredible education. And I actually think that my education is what really sets me apart, 'cause I'm very smart.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • School
  • Education
  • Smart

• I think we have very steady records of President Putin, who inherited the country with democratic values.

  Garry Kasparov
  • Country
  • Think
  • Values

• Zeal without humanity is like a ship without a rudder, liable to be stranded at any moment.

  

  Owen Feltham
  • Humanity
  • Moment
  • Ship

• I believe it is a religious duty to get all the money you can, fairly and honestly; to keep all you can, and to give away all you can.

  

  John D. Rockefeller
  • Believe
  • Money
  • Religious

• Tot species, tantosque ortus variosque novatusuna dies aperit, conficit ipsa dies.

  

  Ausonius

• I'm not superstitious at all. I'm not a Russian.

  

  Chelsea Handler

• I was too practical to major in theater. Acting - what was I going to do with acting? There was no future in it.

  

  Laurie Metcalf
  • Future

• If you're an old pro, you know how well you're doing when you're doing it, and your inner government spanks you if you're not doing well.

  

  Jerry Lewis

• The thing about Broadway, they always welcome you with open arms.

  

  Brooke Shields

• I think it's just a lot more pressure to make the scenes work when you're doing a film, because when you're doing a series you feel like, I have so many scenes, so many episodes, so if I don't get it exactly right this time, I have another scene later. You feel less pressure.

  

  Chloe Sevigny
  • Time
  • Work

• As a producer and director, I've tried for years to get properties off the ground for girls, and I've been hitting a brick wall.

  

  Melanie Mayron
  • Wall

• There is a clear interest within ISIS to drag Israel into a war with them. If they do so, they will be able to paint Israel as having an alliance with the states fighting against them.

  

  Yair Lapid
  • War
  • Fighting
  • Israel

• So my answer is, YES, everyone can find a hedgehog concept. If these companies can do it, anyone can do it. And anybody who says they can't is simply whining.

  

  James Collins