Jerry Greenfield Quotes
The reality is that most companies are not about any values at all - they are about making money. It is extremely rare for a business to stand for anything because most businesses don't want to alienate potential customers, and if you believe in anything you are going to alienate someone.
Quotes to Explore
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I struggle if I have chaos around me, but at the same time, if I don't have it, I'm uncomfortable. It's a strange thing: If I don't have chaos, I create it.
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I can improve it a little bit. But it's my head, it's the way I am. So at the end of the day, I will be who I am and I will win how much I can win.
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I'm sort of contrary and stubborn sometimes. When everybody says, 'You have to read this book! You have to read this book!' I'm like 'Oh, I'll get around to it.'
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I have written a lot about the fine arts, but I'd never written about the literary arts, and so on some level Dante really, you know, spoke to me, as new ground but also familiar ground.
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Ideas emerge when a part of the real or imagined world is studied for its own sake.
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I just sing the songs that people don't expect you to sing, because I just love having fun at karaoke and I'm always a bit nervous to sing something serious.
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It was very hard for me to practice and enjoy my tennis, and I didn't know the why, so I worked with psychologists to try and see what was happening. They pushed me really hard.
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There is always space for improvement, no matter how long you've been in the business.
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Critics haven't taught me my cricket, and they don't know what my body and mind are up to.
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Inventions have long since reached their limit, and I see no hope for further development.
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A lot of times, losing a fight is tough. In your darkest hours, I guess your true colors show.
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While I now own more guns than the 82nd Airborne, my first gun is still the most important gun I've ever owned.
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I actually like getting out of my comfort zone. It shakes me up.
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World music is about taking things from different places and bringing them together - which is great.
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When I first started in film, I was terrified of the camera.
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My first Top of the Pops I didn't want to do. I was terrified. I'd never done television before. Seeing the video afterwards was like watching myself die.
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Social Security is too vital to be lumped into backroom budget talks where the views of ordinary Americans risk going unheard.
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One always writes comedy at the moment of deepest hysteria.
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Shoes are a big thing for me, just because it's hard to find shoes that fit me correctly.
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Always be nice to secretaries. They are the real gatekeepers in the world.
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We each take up one virtual space per title... Virtual shelf life is forever. In a bookstore, you have anywhere from a few weeks to a few months to sell your title, and then it gets returned. This is a big waste of money, and no incentive at all for the bookseller to move the book.
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Radio is aimed at the 30-year-old market, so you have to have great music and appeal to get that age group. And you need a record company to believe in you. It's like a bit of the perfect storm.
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The reality is that most companies are not about any values at all - they are about making money. It is extremely rare for a business to stand for anything because most businesses don't want to alienate potential customers, and if you believe in anything you are going to alienate someone.
