James P. Gorman Quotes
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I think I'd be a million times more successful and more iconic if I was a singer in the '40s. I'd be allowed a level of mystery, and I think I'd suit that decade.
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Only in your imagination can you revise.
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You can always make peace with an F-16 in your pocket.
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In America, public opinion is the leader.
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One, I push my deadlines closer than anybody else, or let's say it this way: I'm really late.
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I had casually rented an apartment that cost $75 a month because I expected my writing to pay my way.
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No man has a right to expect to succeed in life unless he understands his business, and nobody can understand his business thoroughly unless he learns it by personal application and experience.
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Hip-hop is really standoffish. It's really competitive and it's really about who's number one all the time. Sometimes it gets out of hand.
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Chords that were broken will vibrate once more.
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One sometimes says: 'He killed himself because he was bored with life.' One ought rather to say: 'He killed himself because he was bored by lack of life.'
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On the consumer level, the products developed by entrepreneurs help to provide more and better options that make life easier and more enjoyable in the everyday lives of the public.
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I love the way Tyra Banks dresses up - she looks so elegant and glamorous in whatever she wears. The confidence and attitude she exudes on and off the ramp is remarkable.
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A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner, but more durable alloy.
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Let students use technologies in the classroom.
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Reviewers are entitled to say if they liked the screenplay, performance, and execution of a film or not. But when they say things like the film doesn't cater to a certain audience, it leaves people wondering if they should watch it.
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There are such strong women in my life that there's no chance of me getting too big for my boots.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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I'm not an artist that has a big, huge radio record that's going to be on BET.
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I come from film, where I only play a character for three months at a time, and then it's done, so it's important for me to be able to put on other hats and make sure that all of the tools in my toolbox that don't apply to Olivia Pope are still in shape.
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There's only one cook in the kitchen, only one chef. I let the soloists do their thing - you've gotta let a man do a solo the way he wants - but as far as picking the tunes and working on the arrangements, I take full responsibility for it.
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I had the great fortune to actually become friends with Sam [Fuller] and ultimately collaborate with him on White Dog, which we wrote together.
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What? No one wants my bouquet! Somebody better pick it up! Somebody better pick up my bouquet!
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I don't get to watch Futurama, until it's on TV.
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I'll be very clear about this: I'm not a fan of getting rid of Dodd-Frank.
