James Dyson Quotes
Nobody wants the expenditure of a lease on a factory which lasts 21 years. You can't plan 21 years ahead.
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I see my daft surname as a positive thing. It first dawned on me that I had a comical name when someone called me 'Fishface' on my first day at school. I've heard all the fish jokes since then, many times over.
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I never wear matching socks. It's kind of a thing that I have!
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I did not want to be the best black man of the year; I wanted to be the best man of the year.
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I have been involved with the USO really my entire life. The first show I did for the USO, I was nine years old.
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My favorite toy as a kid was Legos. I loved building things, and that's what we're doing with SumZero.
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Martin Luther King said, and it is sadly still true, that one of the most segregated times in America is the hour of worship.
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When I was 13, I thought I was pretty hot stuff because I knew BASIC programming, self-taught on the family's Commodore 64. One of my crowning accomplishments was writing a silly little program that showed a crudely-drawn Space Shuttle lifting off in a cloud of pixelated smoke.
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The sensory acts are accordingly distinguished by their objects.
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I have roles in plays that I hope that I'll be able to do one day. I might be doing them at, like, the East Wilton Playhouse in wherever. But I think that Edie Falco... to get something even resembling her type of roles, that would be amazing.
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I write entirely in English; Tagalog chauvinists chide me for this. I feel no guilt in doing so. But I am sad that I cannot write in my native Ilokano. History demanded this; if it isn't English I am using now, I would most probably be writing in Spanish like Rizal, or even German or Japanese.
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To get a good deal, I buy them all with a friend. The houses, the boat, everything. We each buy half. So I pay half price! They get used more.
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My relationship with everyone in Jamaica is good.
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Let what is irksome become habitual, no more will it trouble you.
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AIDS is an absolutely tragic disease. The argument about AIDS' being some kind of divine retribution is crap.
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If any of us caught a fever during pregnancy, we would seek advice and support from a doctor. Getting help with our mental health is no different - our children need us to look after ourselves and get the support we need.
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People tell me I'm dancing better than ever. I don't know what happened, but I have new enthusiasm and more endurance.
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I don't really think, I just walk.
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I am not the ruler of Gujarat, I'm a servant of Gujarat. The environment in which I grew up, sewa is treated as a dharma, not power.
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It's appositival, if it's there. And it doesn't have to be there. And it's really obvious that it's there when it's there.
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Let it be borne on the flag under which we rally in every exigency, that we have one country, one constitution, one destiny.
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Life is difficult in Africa, even getting three square meals.
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Keeping this picture on my desk reminds me that nothing is ever too far gone to be treated right.
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It's thought of as an eccentric thing for an actor to really try to maintain quality control through the whole career. Most people think, 'You just work. You just keep working.' And in some ways I wish I could be a guy who's just a workhorse.
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Nobody wants the expenditure of a lease on a factory which lasts 21 years. You can't plan 21 years ahead.
