Maureen Chiquet Quotes
Often, the pressure of the business and fear of having an open position encourages us to hire people who are either not right for the job or not ready to take on the responsibility.
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I think why I was attracted to making something with Vice is that level of intimacy that you get as the viewer, getting to see some of that production element where we don't exactly know what we're doing, where we're going, or even if it's a good idea.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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I can't get my knickers in a twist about my age and ageing in an industry that caters to the ids of 14-year-olds.
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I've done nothing but show up and fight, go to work inside the Octagon, outside the Octagon, and do things right. But people want to talk about me and discredit me.
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The expression a woman wears on her face is far more important than the clothes she wears on her back.
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I go to Malawi twice a year. It's where two of my children were adopted from, and I have a lot of projects there that I go and check up on and children who I look after. It's sort of a commitment that I've made to this country and the hundreds of thousands of children there who have been orphaned by AIDS.
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You know, we're really destroying ourselves because we're really making the motivating force of anything we do selfish.
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You only lie to two people in your life, your girlfriend and the police.
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Vietnam helped me to look at the horror and terror in the hearts of people and realize how we can't aim guns and set booby traps for people we have never spoken a word to. That kind of impersonal violence mystifies me.
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I work legs, upper body, everything. Legs are very important. I do hang cleans and squats - I do primary exercises. Squats work over 60 percent of your muscle mass in your body. The hang cleans work on my explosive movement, which is essential for success.
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Well, wolves will pretty rarely hunt. You're vulnerable if you're on your own or injured. But for lone wolves, get up high, show them that you're not injured, face 'em off, be authoritarian with it, and look 'em in the eye.
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All my friends, they're all gone. I've outlived them all.
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Love prefers twilight to daylight.
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Rap is the only interesting music left - it's the only genre that's still pushing itself, and experimenting in a way that I find exciting.
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I never knew a writer yet who took the smallest pains with his style and was at the same time readable.
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Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.
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Working hard is great, being lazy sometimes is great, but failed potential is the worst.
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I love writing but not crazy meticulous/prepared enough to be a director. I'd work as a gaffer on something.
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There are more people than you think who want to have a challenging experience, in which they are obliged to reflect about the past.
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Going to the cinema or a meal can be difficult, with people asking for pictures or autographs.
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The modern cineplexes are mundane, dull boxes. But 'The Majestic' pays tribute to the movie palaces that made people feel like royalty. It honors a time when pictures helped Americans get through grim periods like the blacklist and the war.
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The fun for me is to mix it all up. I would actually like to do something as far away from what I've just done, just for my own personal joy and growth, for what I want to do.
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By far the most important form of attention we can give our loved ones is listening... True listening is love in action.
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Often, the pressure of the business and fear of having an open position encourages us to hire people who are either not right for the job or not ready to take on the responsibility.
