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 am a journalist.
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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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I have never lived in a time when people haven't told me what I look like.
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'My constant appeal to American liberals was to face the long, hard years and not to distract us with the offer of short cuts and easy solutions begotten by good will out of the angels of man's better nature...The road to freedom and peace is a hard one.'
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Adult characters are all the things they've encountered over time. But kids haven't accumulated all the life experience, all the regrets. They tend to be more in the moment, more willing to play, to be joyful.
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Our primary objective must be to prevent wars, and when we fail in this, we must protect and assist the innocent victims.
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Your hands, your eyes, your voice, your thoughts are your servants.
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Companies that have been built and operated for a long time are the most successful companies.
