Jay Samit Quotes
For those that fear being taken advantage of by people working from home or on flexible schedules, I can say my experience is quite the opposite. Employees are so appreciative of these accommodations that they outperform their coworkers and are less likely to be poached by the competition.
Quotes to Explore
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I cannot summon up inspiration; I myself am summoned.
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I took my acting very seriously. I did over 40 films, and naturally, some of them were called B-movies because the woman was at the top of the billing. Women couldn't star in their own movies.
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I think it's flattering when people say I'm a role model, but I don't think I am. It depends on your outlook on the word 'role model.' I'm not perfect or anything. I just consider it a great compliment.
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A theoretical system does not merely state facts which have been observed and that logically deducible relations to other facts which have also been observed.
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Power is the by-product of understanding.
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After all, one knows one's weak points so well, that it's rather bewildering to have the critics overlook them and invent others.
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I learned at an early age that I was given something special when I was born, and that was the gift of music.
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In fact, the socialization gives us the tools to fill our evolutionary roles. They are our building blocks.
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The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win.
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Tombs are the clothes of the dead and a grave is a plain suit; while an expensive monument is one with embroidery.
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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 am not a hound; I am an attention-seeker. Very different animal. My kind of attention requires greater finesse.
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If you saw pictures of me as a kid, you'd laugh because I was always in football kit.
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I placed my new novel, 'The Book of Lost Fragrances', in Paris, knowing it would be a challenge. But the book belonged in the city that is one of the greatest perfume capitals of the world and has been since for more than three centuries.
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Everyone comes with dreams and illusions and promises. Everyone wants quick deals. They don't want to invest.
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Reading was not just an escape or a Band-Aid; it was a deep form of feeling seen and recognized, and being able to see and recognize other kindred spirits. My dad was a writer, too, which also likely had something to do with that.
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My neighbor doesn't want to be loved as much as he wants to be envied.
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I hate negative ads in general.
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If you forget your lines, you had better mumble with conviction.
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Some people think that as the Chinese economy becomes more and more capitalistic it will inevitably become more democratic.
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I started saying, 'I don't want to be crazy anymore.' I need to make some changes. And the first thing I started doing was just got all the men out of my life, because that was a big problem for me. That was a crutch, if you will. You know, trying to define yourself through other people or men, in particular.
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The Singaporean government, which represents legal migrant workers in employment disputes and claims of exploitation, requires that they stay in the country until the disputes are settled. If they leave, their claims are closed.
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If you get a colonoscopy, you should really insist they give you no drugs - then you do get to see what it's like to swim through your own intestines.
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For those that fear being taken advantage of by people working from home or on flexible schedules, I can say my experience is quite the opposite. Employees are so appreciative of these accommodations that they outperform their coworkers and are less likely to be poached by the competition.
