Brendan Fletcher Quotes
'Amores Perros' and 'Once Were Warriors' had a tremendous visceral quality that really influenced me.
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I've always been in love with the States. When I was a kid, we would take these long summer holidays in Texas, Nashville, and all over. I fell in love with the people, the food, even the smell. You don't necessarily get that in old Europe.
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I don't usually watch a lot of TV, but 'Mad Men' changed my perspective. I admire Matthew Weiner who came up with the idea and wrote such a great TV series, and the broadcasting company for being bold enough to air such a series.
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Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.
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What hasn't Barbie been? I don't think I can create an occupation that she has not done yet.
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I was the first businessman to say, 'You should give tax benefit to only small companies. You should say your profits are exempt to a limit of Rs. 50 crore or so, but beyond that, you should pay taxes.' I have been arguing with successive finance ministers on this.
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In dating, the question is how many Tinder knockoffs are we going to have, and are any of them going to take off?
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My sole focus is to help bring a World Cup back to the U.S.
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I really am a woman at peace.
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One of the things that I was always, and still am, is quite resourceful.
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I've dated girls that aren't, this is gonna sound so horrible, that aren't super smart, but they still are super confident, and that's more what I've been attracted to is the confidence and the sense of humor.
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I never met a woman I didn't like. I love 'em all, in their different ways.
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I love football so when I finish playing I would like to still be involved in it somehow and a manager would be my first choice.
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From the time of independences until the end of the Cold War, in spite of the participation of a considerable number of African states in the non-aligned movement, everyone in fact chose to align with one or another of the two major blocks.
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I'm at a loss for words. But even my loss is amplified.
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Because my business life is so busy, my home is really my sanctuary. That is where I reflect and spend quality time with my girls.
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When I hear people debate the ROI of social media? It makes me remember why so many business fail. Most businesses are not playing the marathon. They're playing the sprint. They're not worried about lifetime value and retention. They're worried about short-term goals.
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Imagine if everyone was able to help just one child who needs to be listened to, needs to be respected, and needs to be loved - we could make such a huge difference for an entire generation.
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Here's a rule I recommend: Never practice two vices at once.
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You want to have a good cake? Get two engineers to build it.
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Music is not free to make. Studios are going under because people now work at laptops. Quantity over quality is what begins to happen; the idea of what quality is has changed.
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Be cool and you'll be alright. That's rock & roll religion.
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We're all in this together. That's how we campaigned, and that's who we are. This happened because of you. Thank you.
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I usually spend the hiatus of 'Dexter' in New York in a way to balance things.
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'Amores Perros' and 'Once Were Warriors' had a tremendous visceral quality that really influenced me.
