James Dyson Quotes
In the past, the U.K. got away with selling things that weren't unusual. Now it's no use trying to export without having something that's unusual and better.James Dyson
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A newspaperman said, 'You have to have a team in New York.' I replied, 'Who says you have to have a team in New York?' What came out in the papers was a headline that said, Giles Says, 'Who needs New York?' I confess that quote bothered me, and there seemed to be no way to dispose of it. It was repeated again and again.
Warren Giles -
As the great grandchildren of the industrial revolution, we have learned, at last, that the heedless pursuit of more is unsustainable and, ultimately, unfulfilling. Our planet, our security, our sense of equanimity and our very souls demand something better, something different.
Gary Hamel -
In falling over in heels while trying to look attractive, you don't just hurt your body, you bear the humiliation of injuring your very soul. Physical pain? Whatever, bring it on. But the humiliation? Oh, you have seen to the very weakest part of me.
Kate Reardon -
The whole story of the comfort women, the system of forced sexual slavery, the medical experiments of Unit 731, is not something that is in the US psyche. That is changing because many books are coming out.
Iris Chang -
Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology being buried, like so many of the earth's marvels, beneath the dust of habit.
Salman Rushdie -
American business at this point is really about developing an idea, making it profitable, selling it while it's profitable and then getting out or diversifying. It's just about sucking everything up.
Ian MacKaye
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I really like to experiment. That's the only way I can work. It's instinctive.
F. Murray Abraham -
It's the face and the body and the thing that we hide inside that can keep us from the world, but my voice is my voice.
Idina Menzel -
We're not trying to reinvent the wheel; for any environmental organization to claim sole responsibility for any kind of victory is insane, because everybody attacks these problems as a group.
Ted Danson -
When I was in Van Halen I was hitting notes that were out of my range. I never went for those registers before until Eddie pulled it out of me.
Gary Cherone Van Halen -
A disaster where marble has been substituted for imagination.
Ada Louise Huxtable -
I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.
Nathan Hale
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Influence is best measured not only by military hardware and GDP, but also by other people's perceptions that we, the United States, are using our power legitimately. That belief - that we are acting in the interests of the global commons and in accordance with the rule of law - is what the military would call a 'force multiplier.'
Samantha Power -
When it's all said and done, I want to look back on my career and say I did numerous things.
Fat Joe -
Teach For America was built on the idea that our best hope of reaching 'One Day' is to have thousands of alumni use their diverse experiences and ideas to effect change from inside and outside the education system.
Wendy Kopp -
If you ever were bullied, you'll always remember that feeling.
Odette Annable -
I lived in Paris for six months when I was sixteen. It was a fend-for-yourself environment.
Beau Garrett -
I'm a person who has a lot of energy. So, yes, I don't really stop to rest or de-stress. I just keep going. I figure that if you don't stop, then you'll never notice how tired you are.
Zooey Deschanel
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The planet's resources are rare; we must consume more ethically and equitably.
Alain Ducasse -
I need to be more consistent about taking care of myself no matter how busy I am.
Mandy Moore -
The only saving grace of the present is that it's too damned stupid to question the past very closely.
H. P. Lovecraft -
It's not about me. I think people are too caught up with what I'm doing. It's just numbers. I'm trying to win.
Austin Seferian-Jenkins -
In the past, the U.K. got away with selling things that weren't unusual. Now it's no use trying to export without having something that's unusual and better.
James Dyson