James Dyson Quotes
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I think my message goes out to the entire spectrum of political parties. I'm supported by the Tea Party, the Conservative Party and the Republican Party. I come from a Democratic world. My world is moderate Democrats, Reagan-type Democrats if you want, the blues or whatever you call them, the Blue Dogs. That's been my world, historically.
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Romantic comedies are particularly hard to make.
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In a family of all girls, I was always the 'boy' in my mind - the protector, the masculine one. No one would ever have to worry about me.
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It's an evolution. The same team doesn't always dominate, and it goes in cycles.
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I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.
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The importance of local governance may not be obvious to an America accustomed to treating city and state downfalls with doses of federal comeuppance. Sometimes there's a reason for that - the Civil War. More often, all reasoning seems absent - No Child Left Behind.
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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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I've been in the room or watched artists walk in who don't write, and you can't figure out what they really want.
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I can say that I never knew what joy was like until I gave up pursuing happiness, or cared to live until I chose to die. For these two discoveries I am beholden to Jesus.
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I haven't sold to the movies. In other words, I haven't gotten any enormous checks yet.
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I've seen the greatest actors in the world, transcendent talents, who can't find a home.
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As I've gotten older, I've had to change my food intake.
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I worked at a local television station and I got a chance to direct and do all those things - worked kiddie shows, Ranger House show with the hand puppets and things like that.
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There's obviously nothing wrong with selling your art - only an idiot with a trust fund would tell you otherwise. But it's confusing to know how far you should take it.
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The Sherman Act is similar in the economics sphere to the Bill of Rights in the personal sphere.
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It's important to be active in the causes that are important to you... That's how we make changes in this world.
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What is important for a central banker is that you have to convey that you know what you are doing.
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People need to know that they are not alone, that they have not been abandoned; but that there is One Who loves them for what they are, Who cares about them.
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Broadcast TV is like the landline of 20 years ago.
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What matters is this: Being fearless of failure arms you to break the rules. In doing so, you may change the culture and just possibly, for a moment, change life itself.
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You can do as much as you think you can,But you'll never accomplish more;If you're afraid of yourself, young man,There's little for you in store.For failure comes from the inside first,It's there if we only knew it,And you can win, though you face the worst,If you feel that you're going to do it.
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Why worry? There should be laughter after pain.There should be sunshine after rain.These things have always been the same.So why worry now?
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My stand-up has a lot of performance in it, and I loved doing it so much that, after years, I put the idea of having a show on the back burner.
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Failure is an enigma. You worry about it, and it teaches you something.
