Brian Acton Quotes
Companies that have been built and operated for a long time are the most successful companies.
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In politics people give you what they think you deserve and deny you what they think you want.
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I am a Buddhist.
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At the risk of being forgotten completely by the media, I went to college and pursued a passion that had nothing to do with acting: mathematics.
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I see a deep connection between peace and change: peace always starts from within, for communities and people alike. The same is true of change: real change starts from within.
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I just want to be part of great stories that are told and for them to be relevant.
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Since the 1980s, we've been living in this era, really, of corporate rule, based on this idea that the role of government is to liberate the power of capital so that they can have as much economic growth as quickly as possible, and then all good things will flow from that.
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In general, being likeable is more about being interested - rather than interesting. Indeed, a good way to convince someone that you are an awesome conversationalist is to simply shut up and let the other person talk.
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They always say, 'Time heals.' But it really doesn't. You just get used to it. I live life with the mentality of 'OK, I lost the only thing that has ever been important to me.' So going forward, anything bad that happens can't be nearly as bad as what happened before.
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My friend Jerry Falwell was the one who said it, and he was a guest on my show, and it's hard to take the blame for everybody who shows up on your show.
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I think every movie is its own little world, and a director certainly sets the tone.
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I wake up some mornings hating me too.
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I really feel that New York City is the greatest city in the world.
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I've got that Beethoven energy, that Stravinsky energy. And it's all a gift from the Creator.
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The Zach Johnson Foundation, for my wife and I, is very much a part of what we do and why we do what we do. It's a great platform for us to give back to the community that started me in the game and other communities.
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We still need to be conscious of the fact that Russia has intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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You know why I'm running for governor? Because everything we care about is under siege from President Donald Trump and Bruce Rauner.
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A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future.
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When a crowd rushes into your house without declaring its intention, it is, by definition, an invasion.
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I think the worst thing that can happen to a good actor is fame.
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It's not so much I like to go win, but it's a rush. A horrible gut wrenching thing, but it's exciting.
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I think that all the time I lived alone changed me.
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The territorial state is such an ancient form of society - here in Europe it dates back thousands of years - that it is now protected by the sanctity of age and the glory of tradition. A strong religious feeling mingles with the respect and the devotion to the fatherland.
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Karma is karma. Karma is in life. You do the wrong things, you get the wrong things out of it.
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Companies that have been built and operated for a long time are the most successful companies.
