Jay R. Ferguson Quotes
You don't really see too many straight friendships between men and women on 'Mad Men.'
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Don't manage - lead change before you have to.
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It's one thing to get a letter from your kid at camp telling you he wants to come home. It's another to get a letter from a grown child saying they're coming back to live with you!
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I've always said I wanted to play in England. There was a struggle between Chelsea and United, but according to me, Chelsea has the best project.
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As you probably know, I've written a lot about the presidency, so it's obviously exciting when you get to interview a president and write about it.
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We had a good time mucking about during 'Band of Brothers' when we were young and single.
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There was definitely a time where I did not believe in the Lord. I needed to understand the love of God.
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I really hate the term 'historical novel' - it reminds me of bodice-rippers. But I'm hooked on research, and I really, really enjoy it.
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If you believe these polls, you're making a mistake.
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When you have both parties who will not find ways to compromise, who won't meet in the middle, you have paralysis. It's the perversion of idealism.
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My desires are simply I love to teach, I love to be in uniform, I love to throw batting practice, I love to be with the kids.
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I'm not a huge fan of my work.
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I travel around the world, and there are so many beautiful girls, but that's not going to make you a supermodel. You have to have something more than just a pretty face.
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I'm a vulnerable, sensitive person. I overthink everything.
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I love music. It's freedom, a way to deal with pent-up frustration.
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There's so much emphasis on Daniel Day-Lewis and his process, which is appropriately his own. But I was just blown away by his generosity as an actor. He's so giving as an actor that he just naturally commands the focus on set.
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As I told the students every time I visited a campus, you are the director of your own movie, and if you aren't enjoying what you are doing, change it.
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I'd do the same things, but I'd be a little more quiet.
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Have fun, be active. Ride a bike instead of driving, for example.
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We realized you cannot create a car by simply gathering needed components.
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You are asking yourself, as all of us must: 'Who am I?' . . . 'Where am I?' . . . 'Whence do I go?' The process of enlightenment is usually slow. But, in the end, our seeking always brings a finding. These great mysteries are, after all, enshrined in complete simplicity.
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Some musicians I know are incredible fathers. Like Keith Richards. A fantastic dad.
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I'm a very sympathetic person, but that doesn't always come across in my work because I'm too busy being mad at everything.
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The true aim of medicine is not to make men virtuous; it is to safeguard and rescue them from the consequences of their vices. The physician does not preach repentance; he offers absolution.
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You don't really see too many straight friendships between men and women on 'Mad Men.'
