James Sinegal Quotes
The message is that all brilliance emanates from the top; that the worker on the floor of the store or the factory is insignificant.
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Will Smith said if I ever need some help, he was there for me.
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It's populated by people who, by and large, have terrific communication skills. Every day is an extraordinary day. For me, it was just a great area for storytelling.
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I look at myself as an audience member. I still love movies, and I still go and sit in the back of the big dark room with everybody else, and I want the same thrill.
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I don't like things like little sandals that look fragile. I like to look strong and commanding.
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I was at our beautiful home in Martha's Vineyard, near Boston, sitting on the porch looking at the ocean when I got a phone called and was asked, 'Would I like to do 'CSI'?' A week later, I'm at a coroner's office in Las Vegas, participating in a quadruple autopsy.
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I can put tweets on a map to show who is saying what where, which could be used for marketing or social research.
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I am a follower of Mahatma Gandhi.
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The biggest battles in human history can only ever be seen through the eyes of the bloke on the front line, and that's by definition a very focused view and one that will vary from individual to individual.
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Americans have been given goals to achieve in Iraq, but not the standards by which to measure progress. And the only assurance Americans have been given that we can reach those goals is to trust the President and his Administration at their word.
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Comedy has become, I think, a very important branch of public intellectualism. But it still ain't Washington.
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You don't feel as self-conscious if your clothes fit.
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All graffiti is low-level dissent, but stencils have an extra history. They've been used to start revolutions and to stop wars.
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The gift of broadcasting is, without question, the lowest human capacity to which any man could attain.
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Homer was able to give us no information relating to the truth, for he wrote of human rather than divine things.
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I took a route of acting, rather than starmaking, so it cost me a lot financially.
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Meetings are the linchpin of everything. If someone says you have an hour to investigate a company, I wouldn't look at the balance sheet. I'd watch their executive team in a meeting for an hour. If they are clear and focused and have the board on the edge of their seats, I'd say this is a good company worth investing in.
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I think the worst thing you can do about a situation is nothing.
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Talk to me about the truth of religion and I'll listen gladly. Talk to me about the duty of religion and I'll listen submissively. But don't come talking to me about the consolations of religion or I shall suspect that you don't understand.
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People where you live," the little prince said, "grow five thousand roses in one garden... yet they don't find what they're looking for... They don't find it," I answered. And yet what they're looking for could be found in a single rose, or a little water..." Of course," I answered. And the little prince added, "But eyes are blind. You have to look with the heart.
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For many child soldiers, war and violence are all they have ever known. If we don't take it upon ourselves to show them an alternative, then they're going to be soldiers forever, and they'll continue to be recruited and to participate in violence if another conflict starts five or 10 years down the road.
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You hang out with trash and you start to smell like garbage.
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The message is that all brilliance emanates from the top; that the worker on the floor of the store or the factory is insignificant.
