Jim Broadbent Quotes
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We have this idea that extroverts are better salespeople. As a result, extroverts are more likely to enter sales; extroverts are more likely to get promoted in sales jobs. But if you look at the correlation between extroversion and actual sales performance - that is, how many times the cash register actually rings - the correlation's almost zero.
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I love being a mum, but it's much more intensive work than being an actress - going to work feels like you've got a day off. Not that I want a day off from being a mum; it's just perhaps I had this impression before that mums don't work. But they work more than anyone.
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Even though I'm Hispanic, I'm so white.
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One of the most important tools we have at the Small Business Administration (SBA) to reach high growth entrepreneurs is the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program.
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I come from a generation that suffered school lessons in portacabins and crumbling hospitals. I tell you one thing, for the eighteen years they were in power the Tories did nothing to fix the roof when the sun was shining.
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Kosovo today is closer to Europe than other countries in the region of South Eastern Europe.
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When I was a little kid, I used to watch with my brother when there was Macho Man and Hulk Hogan. But then I fell out of it for a few years.
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Some day, I'd like to be known as the queen of containerboards.
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I always wanted to be a writer. Maybe, had I been brought up in another generation, I might have just gone into writing rather than medicine - which is not to say that I didn't also have a great attraction towards the idea of being a healer. Fortunately, I've been able to combine the two in ways I could never possibly have imagined.
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Everyone wants me to be perfect, but I am so far from perfect!
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It's quite absurd to act against a smoke creature that is not there.
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Power says if you are a committee chairman, your idea is good only because you have got power.
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Furthermore, America suffers not only from a lack of standards, but also not infrequently from a confusion or an inversion of standards.
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I think people respect governments that take decisions and act decisively.
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Enjoy every sandwich.
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As athletes, we all have egos, we all think we can help, and when you're not given that chance, it's hard to watch.
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The motivation should come from regulatory enforcement, but enforcement is weak, and environmental litigation is near to impossible. So there's an urgent need for extensive public participation to generate another kind of motivation.
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If you do something with your whole heart and it's a mistake, you can live with that.
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It's easy to be critical of ourselves and other women around us. We stand in front of the mirror and only focus on the things we hate about our body and our appearance. But I encourage you to change that attitude the next time you are in front of the mirror.
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I think one of the things we've got to look out for is human beings claiming that they know how God operates.
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I'm not a TV guy. I'm a restaurant chef and a businessman.
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I decided to give up the idea of being a priest before I decided I wanted to be an actor. I considered it for a couple of weeks, really. I'm a young Catholic, do you know what I mean. You're going to consider it.
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The world would be a duller place without Moulin Rouge.
