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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An MC is somebody who can control the crowd. An MC is a master of ceremonies so not only can you say your rap, you can rock the party.
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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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Relationships, it seems to me, are timeless. What works between two people always works; what doesn't is always troublesome. Over time, people learn - or not - how to negotiate what's difficult, but that doesn't mean the misfit has gone away entirely.
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When it's wet, you're much more tense on the steering wheel, you have to dance with the throttle and the brakes more. Each lap is a different scenario, so you're really on the edge of your nerves. One mistake could cost you the entire race.
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Male heroes are entitled to particular privileges, and why not the women as well?
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There is no reason at all why there aren't enough people to guard New Orleans and to help stabilise Baghdad.
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I decided I'd try my hand as a stand-up comedian, as I loved making people laugh, and appeared at the Latitude Festival, won the 2007 Laughing Horse New Act of the Year, and was a nominee for winner of the 2007 So You Think You're Funny competition.
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The most common trouble with advertising is that it tries too hard to impress people.
