James Mattis Quotes

We know that in tough times, cynicism is just another way to give up, and in the military, we consider cynicism or giving up simply as forms of cowardice.

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• The billable hours is a classic case of restricted autonomy. I mean, you're working on - I mean, sometimes on these six-minute increments. So you're not focused on doing a good job. You're focused on hitting your numbers. It's one reason why lawyers typically are so unhappy. And I want a world of happy lawyers.

  

  Dan Pink
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• People think that celebs make a lot more money than we do. We look for bargains and we do a lot of stuff on our own.

  

  Gabrielle Union
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• The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it.

  

  Rachel Gibson
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• I want to thank all of the fans and media who made playing in the NFL such a wonderful experience. I have had the pleasure of meeting many of them.

  

  Barry Sanders
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• I know I should be Wonder Woman. They need an international actress - a fresh face. They need a woman who's tall, athletic and dark-haired - and an actress who can play the part. That's me. So, I'm coming to L.A. to work hard and meet the industry. And if 'Wonder Woman' comes together, I want it.

  

  Tanit Phoenix
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• I got into beards right in the middle of the hipster boom.

  

  Aaron Taylor-Johnson
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• The coolest person to yourself is yourself, and we're like nerds, and we love to be smart, and that's okay.

  

  Jacob Batalon
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• If your contribution has been vital there will always be somebody to pick up where you left off, and that will be your claim to immortality.

  

  Walter Gropius
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• I am passionate about what design can do - how far it can support the new ideas and the new ways of living of this 21st Century. Good design accelerates this exciting future where manufacturing is local, materials and processes are cradle to cradle, business models are both socially and financially driven.

  

  Yves Behar
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• My first husband met me as a career woman, and the second did, too. I was lucky.

  

  Yoko Ono
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• By asking a novel question that you don't know the answer to, you discover whether you can formulate a way of finding the answer, and you stretch your own mind, and very often you learn something new.

  

  Walter Gilbert
  • Mind
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• I hope to continue building my acting career and work more on projects that fulfill my artistic thirst.

  

  Karolina Kurkova
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• As long as government is allowed to collect all Internet data, the perceived exigency will drive honest civil servants to reach more broadly and deeply into our networked lives.

  

  Yochai Benkler
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• There are two sides to being pregnant. There is the beautiful, wonderful blessing side. The second side - it sucks!

  

  Tamar Braxton
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• The final phone call that said we're going to be picked up again was just a miracle. We've overcome the impossible and we're still pushing forward. I know John is smiling and so happy that he gets to watch us on TV.

  

  Kaley Cuoco
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• I felt like I had two fathers. I had my real father and the father in my head.

  

  Macaulay Culkin
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• There's something extremely bizarre about the way people consume media now.

  

  Gaby Hoffmann
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• I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear.

  

  Vera Wang
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• We were able to provide housing to all who need it. We've had incredibly generous offers from alumni for housing.

  

  Noel Gallagher Oasis
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• I didn't know that my son had allergies until he spit up eggs one day, and one day he had a little peanut butter and his face swelled up. I took him to get tested and found out that he is allergic to everything.

  

  Kym Whitley
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• I had daydreams and fantasies when I was growing up. I always wanted to live in a log cabin at the foot of a mountain. I would ride my horse to town and pick up provisions. Then return to the cabin, with a big open fire, a record player and peace.

  

  Linda McCartney Paul McCartney and Wings
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• I wanted to be a hockey player. Where I grew up, the basketball courts were rarely used. I was terrible in school and actually said, 'I'm going to be a hockey player.'

  

  Denis Leary
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• To hell, allegiance! vows, to the blackest devil! Conscience, and grace, to the profoundest pit! I dare damnation: To this point I stand,-- That both the worlds I give to negligence, Let come what comes; only I'll be reveng'd.

  

  William Shakespeare
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  • Devil

• We know that in tough times, cynicism is just another way to give up, and in the military, we consider cynicism or giving up simply as forms of cowardice.

  

  James Mattis
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