James P. Gorman Quotes
If you underperform for your owners, eventually they pick up their bat and ball and go home.
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The same liberty that protects me also protects members of the Mafia.
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Merlin really taught me how to concentrate, that you play each play as if it were the only play. And if you put all the plays together like that, then you'll come out on top.
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Bondage is - subjection to external influences and internal negative thoughts and attitudes.
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Acting is my number one, but dancing will always be a part of who I am and in my heart. I love doing stunts when they are a part of my acting.
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No one can make the most of himself until he looks upon his life as a magnificent possibility, the materials for a great masterpiece, to mar or spoil which would be a great tragedy.
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All true happiness, pure joy, sweet bounties, and unclouded pleasure are contained within the knowledge and love of God.
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You should always leave the party 10 minutes before you actually do.
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I started cooking out of middle school depression.
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I went to high school in New York City. So, I grew up in New Jersey my whole life, and I was watching all the people and all the kids that I met there become so jaded.
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I remember back in the early '70s, when I had a disastrous Grand Prix, my wife, Lynn, said to me, 'Don't worry, you're going to be a late boomer.' That's what she said to me, and I've always held that thought.
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Donald Trump did denounce David Duke's support.
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I think what we need, especially in publishing, is more commissioning editors and editors who are people of colour.
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I love shorts in the colder climates, because you can wear them with chunky sweaters and jackets. It's cute and funky.
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I couldn't believe verse was supposed to be hard. It was a snap for me. I loved Shakespeare.
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I really love peace and quiet.
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I'm constantly trying to work on the person that I am and work on my shortcomings, and I guess I want people to know that it's ok to be a work in progress, as long as you keep trying to figure it out. But that search and that discovery is what makes life kind of rich, and it's what makes life rich... period.
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We want an Afghanistan that is shaped by the dreams of the great Afghan people, not by irrational fears and overreaching ambitions of others.
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Anything that we do to make ourselves feel worthy and safe is a flight from the pain of powerlessness. Every pursuit of external power - every attempt to change the world or a person in order to make yourself feel valuable and safe - is a distraction from the pain of powerlessness.
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Everyone writes differently. I hope to get people energized so they'll want to rush home to write.
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When you are playing with a few players in the pocket, it doesn't leave me isolated. I have a bit more space to work and be higher up the pitch.
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I actually get a metallic taste in my mouth when I think about electric music.
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I guess maybe someone at 'Dexter' saw the 'Mad Men' stuff and thought, 'He can do this.'
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He's a blockhead who wants a proof of what he cannot perceive. And he's a fool a fool who tries to make such a blockhead believe.
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If you underperform for your owners, eventually they pick up their bat and ball and go home.
