Jeff Raikes Quotes
One of my great values that my father intuited, and indirectly taught me, is that you should always have a plan but be open to opportunity.
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Not everybody fantasizes about robbing a bank, but I think most people have that fantasy of being in a high speed chase.
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When you're bullied in high school, even if it's the smallest amount, or you're actually tortured, I feel like everybody carries that with them. They always think of that one person who treated them badly in high school.
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Younger audiences are into me because I did 'Stuart Little,' and that movie was a very big deal for kids. And in 'Angels in the Outfield,' a generation of kids learned about magic and angels. And then, of course, there are these two blond girls named Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, and I played their nanny on their TV show.
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The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.
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I have gotten more flak for being a conservative Republican than I have for being trans.
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There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
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Russia is an amazing country to be an entrepreneur.
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If you're losing, just be a man; be a man and lose as a man.
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I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
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Your focus should be on creating an environment where growth can occur and then letting nature take its course.
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I don't feel comfortable making empty music.
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Time was God's first creation.
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A doctor is not a mechanic. A car doesn't react with a mechanic, but a human being does.
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I've got a 1990 Porsche 911. It's just a Carrera, a very simple, straightforward little thing that goes like stink. I love it.
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When I was little, I wanted to be an astronomer, but that didn't happen.
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Duty is for Kant the One and All. Out of the duty of gratitude, he claims, one has to defend and esteem the ancients; and only out of duty has he become a great man.
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I always try to start my weekend by running on the beach, which is great fun here in Barcelona.
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I've got to confess I'm a pragmatic optimist myself.
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What's appropriate in America anymore?
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I'm a big believer that your life is basically a sum of all the choices you make. The better your choices, the better opportunity to lead a happy life.
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My father passed away in 1942, and three-four months after his death, I had to start working. There was a responsibility on my shoulders to run the household. It was my duty as the eldest child in the house.
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There's no way I'm going to stand up for bad ingredients. We love seasonal ingredients. It's a false dichotomy to say that modern cooking is at odds with that, but some people want to have a great ingredient and no technique.
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'Great Expectations' is one of the greatest stories.
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One of my great values that my father intuited, and indirectly taught me, is that you should always have a plan but be open to opportunity.
