Jeffrey R. Immelt Quotes
I think this notion that it's the population of the U.S. against the big companies is just wrong.
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Export anything to a friendly country except American management.
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In fashion, we don't often know the prices. We don't have time to go into the stores.
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Some people are so busy learning the tricks of the trade that they never learn the trade.
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What we call real estate - the solid ground to build a house on - is the broad foundation on which nearly all the guilt of this world rests.
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I have a constitutional weakness in which I am very easily distracted by flashing lights. If there is a TV on in the room, I can't have a conversation with you. I won't eat, I won't sleep, I'll just meld with my couch.
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We need worship for our spirit, fellowship for our soul and committed subservience for our body.
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Married people from my generation are like an endangered species!
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I am concerned if 25 percent of Americans think that President Obama is a Muslim. I mean, it's obviously a lack of knowledge. But also, it's for the Muslims as well, you know, because a small numbers of Muslims have really painted a very negative image of Islam.
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I do not like carving the world into segments; we are one world.
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Although more than 500 million maritime containers move around the world each year, accounting for 90 per cent of international trade, only 2 per cent are inspected. Strengthening customs and immigration systems is essential.
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The real being of language is that into which we are taken up when we hear it - what is said.
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In my wildest imagination, I never thought that the fifth of six children born to Helen and Buddy Watts - in a poor black neighborhood, in the poor rural community of Eufaula, Oklahoma - would someday be called Congressman.
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I chose to treat the homosexuality like I would treat any other form of sexuality.
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There are trends in our societies... that can lead to some political decisions in America and in Europe that can give some ground to the radicalization discourse.
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A mature society understands that at the heart of democracy is argument.
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Someone was asking me what my favorite outfit is, and 100%, without a doubt in my mind, is my forever lazy.
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My mom lived by herself with two kids. Sacrifice was the name of the game at our house.
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Beauty is what attracts men naturally, but really I think we dress for other women, not necessarily for men. We torture ourselves every single day, and I wish that we wouldn't because we should all just get along, really.
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Anyone who limits her vision to memories of yesterday is already dead.
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Iranian filmmakers are not passive. They fight whenever they can, as creative expression means a lot to them. The restrictions and censorship in Iran are a bit like the British weather: one day it's sunny, the next day it's raining. You just have to hope you walk out into the sunshine.
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But the ultimate lesson is just sit down and write. That's all.
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We must see our present fight right through to the very end.
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It was really fun to start writing movies because you could actually take characters whose voice you enjoy writing in and have actual things happen to them for more than five minutes. It was really fun to thread it together.
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I think this notion that it's the population of the U.S. against the big companies is just wrong.
