Jamie Dimon Quotes
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It's just amazing that there are so many prejudices even now.
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Gossip, even when it avoids the sexual, bears around it a faint flavor of the erotic.
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I never was a very good singer.
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I used to love it when I walked down the street and construction workers would whistle.
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I want to create a body of work that is entertaining and speaks to people for a long time. Longer than my life span.
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My dream was always to win in the Olympic Games, but I never set that next goal, and I have realised now I need to set another goal.
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I grew up in Arizona, but I moved to L.A. when I was 18 to model. I was doing work for American Apparel and then got cast in the Yeezus tour. Vanessa Beecroft did the creative direction, and they hired three American Apparel models and nine dancers - it wasn't a lot of dancing; we were mostly just walking.
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I only hope that one day, America will recognize what the rest of the world already has known, that our indigenous music - gospel, blues, jazz and R&B - is the heart and soul of all popular music; and that we cannot afford to let this legacy slip into obscurity, I'm telling you.
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I am a collaborator with everyone who agrees that I need to be in control. I happily collaborate with my loyalists.
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If it is the duty of the State to educate, it is the duty of the State also to bear the burden of education, namely, the taxation out of which education is provided.
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Jihad is obligatory for the Muslims.
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Human beings are very complex creatures. This desire, this greed, this love is very complex.
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If you're doing the same job every day, there's room for error.
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People who have what they want are fond of telling people who haven't what they want that they really don't want it.
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I am so happy that every generation still tunes into most of the classic and cult films I was lucky to be a part of.
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All I know is that I've made some big screw-ups, and I've done some things that have done all right. I just keep trying to learn from the mistakes I've made.
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I've always been one to do the work and just hone my craft.
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We must have the courage to confront dreadful views even in the people we love the most. But that's difficult to do when we cast large segments of our fellow citizens into a basket to be condemned and disparaged, judging them even as we ignore that many of their deplorable traits exist in us, too.
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It is inhuman to bless where one is cursed.
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And while it is hard enough to take away something that makes a person happy it's even more difficult when it seems like it's the only thing.
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I think that we as a people are always prone to think about, well, tomorrow will be a better day. Well, why will it be a better day? And I think the more that we believe in doing things better, doing the right thing rather than hoping that that's going to happen, let's make it happen.
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Playing scales is like a boxer skipping rope or punching a bag. It's not the thing in itself; it's preparatory to the activity.
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It's hard because people often don't recognise shyness; they think it's just someone being rude. I have had to work to overcome that, especially if I'm meeting my readers at author events, because I don't want them to think I'm snooty or rude.
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All businesses tend to pass costs onto customers.
