Maurice Saatchi Quotes
True Americanism is practical idealism. Its aims, instead of being materialistic and mechanical, are idealistic to the point of being Utopian. In this way, the U.S. can provide and express ideals that strike a chord in humans everywhere - a declaration of independence on behalf of all the peoples of the world.
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Tell me what you'd like to hear me sing. I'll sing whatever you like, after which I'll take up a collection, if you don't mind.
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The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowledge and sympathy.
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Social revolutions are never simple.
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It's good for kids to look up to sporting role models.
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By channeling my inner heiress, I created a new opportunity for young heiresses.
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Statesmanship is harder than politics. Politics is the art of getting along with people, whereas statesmanship is the art of getting along with politicians.
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Focus on remedies, not faults.
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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 don't see myself as a diva at all.
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I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
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I feel like I should be more in touch with the nuances of this game.
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My mother's kitchen was built to be the focal point of our house. I got into the kitchen often as a child.
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A bicycle has transformed my experience of London.
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I never see things I make in the same way that the audience does. You can never do that.
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Formation of a new race takes place when, over several generations, individuals in one group reproduce more frequently among themselves than they do with individuals in other groups.
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You listen to Black Sabbath with Ronnie James Dio in it, and it's not Black Sabbath. They should have just called it 'Heaven and Hell' right from the beginning. Because you listen to that 'Heaven and Hell' album, that doesn't sound anything close to Black Sabbath.
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The more you work with anyone, the more comfortable and safe you feel. The more you have an understanding.
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The thing that's changed the way I do my stand-up act is having kids and getting older and wiser and smarter. There might be a joke or two in the past that I wish I hadn't done, but in the past, you can't have it back.
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I think the reason I'm an actor is the joy I find from escaping and going to be somebody else. That's what I have fun doing.
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My business is the enforcement of the tax laws and the integrity of the tax code and making sure that trustees of charitable giving are true trustees.
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People are bound to comment, and that means they are following me.
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My own suspicion is that a stand-alone artificial mind will be more a tool of narrow utility than something especially apocalyptic.
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When I became CEO of Xerox 10 years ago, the company's situation was dire. Debt was mounting, the stock sinking and bankers were calling. People urged me to declare bankruptcy, but I felt personally responsible for tens of thousands of employees.
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True Americanism is practical idealism. Its aims, instead of being materialistic and mechanical, are idealistic to the point of being Utopian. In this way, the U.S. can provide and express ideals that strike a chord in humans everywhere - a declaration of independence on behalf of all the peoples of the world.
