James Randolph Adams Quotes
The most common trouble with advertising is that it tries too hard to impress people.
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In the last 5 years, American employers have lost over $150 billion of productivity to depression alone. That is more than the GDP of 28 different States during the same period.
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You had to go to a different part of town from where I was to get Muddy Waters singles. I had him on singles.
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Maybe I fear things going wrong so much that I pre-empt them by not getting excited about them when they appear to be. going well.
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Life does not owe me a shred.
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People want to see a movie that casts a mature woman across from a mature man.
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A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect.
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I bite my nails. I've been chewing on them for years. As long as you don't chew through flesh it's all right.
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Any woman who wishes to smash into the world of men isn't very feminine.
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The search for knowledge is a long and difficult task.
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Life is too short to blend in.
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Your cravings as a human animal do not become a prayer just because it is God whom you ask to attend to them.
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After having children, life becomes about living beyond yourself; about being bigger and better.
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Trust is the lubrication that makes it possible for organizations to work.
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We got orders to strike the Marshall and Gilbert Islands. We had a task force with the Enterprise. We had two or three cruisers and probably eight or 10 destroyers.
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I don't think Bosnia is ready for reconciliation, but I do think it is ready for truth.
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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
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Our goal is to build this up as a knowledge base that anyone can look at. We're not just interested in people answering their friends' one-off questions.
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Happiness is a mysterious concept. It seems to work best as futurity: at that point I will be happy, et cetera. I feel like I experience small pieces of joy day to day.
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Not a day has gone by in my life when I haven't thought about death.
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Ninety-eight percent of the things that come out of my mouth are intended to be harmless or even charming. They're not ever intended to be offensive or controversial.
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My childhood was really comfortable and secure, but school was a nightmare. I was a lot taller than the other girls and they called me Gitte the giraffe.
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'Well, you know what they say about John, anyway?'
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It's amazing because people come up to me and say, 'Chuck, you're the luckiest guy in the world to be a world karate champion and a movie and TV star.' When they say this to me, I kind of smile because luck had nothing to do with it; God had everything to do with it.
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The most common trouble with advertising is that it tries too hard to impress people.
