Bryan Volpenhein Quotes
In rowing, you're always striving for that perfect stroke, that repetition, each one being as good as the last. Same thing with cooking. You can't say, 'Oh, I don't feel well, so I'm going to put out a crappy plate.'
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There was no relationship between a wedding dress and fashion. There was no good taste, either. I realized that I could make an impression in terms of changing and readdressing the whole industry of bridal.
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It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized.
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I've got plenty of quirks. I go to an office early in the morning. Early in the morning is really good writing time. I take anywhere between six to eight showers a day. I'm not exaggerating. I'm not a germaphobe: it's all about a fresh start.
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I think everybody has to be better, right from me out. Everybody has to step up their games for us to be successful here. I've been lucky to be on some good teams over the years and that's what it takes, everybody contributing night after night.
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It's not a terribly original thing to say, but I love Raymond Carver. For one thing, he's fun to read out loud.
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Perhaps it is impossible for a person who does no good to do no harm.
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One of my main weaknesses is a good movie. I'll just bawl my eyes out.
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Brad Pitt is amazingly talented and equally good-looking, too.
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I was a good sight reader and I could sing two or three of these jingles a day. An orchestra would come in for half an hour, and then the singers would come in and knock 'em out, and go on to the next one. I was the voice of Budweiser and Almond Joy.
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If the home is good, all will be good.
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Funny is a good foil. Humor is illuminating, and it also gives you power.
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Good investors must learn to contextualize the daily background noise.
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Good governance, safety, a chance to grow economically and professionally - those are important things.
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There are lots of people depending on the government who are good, honest citizens who have worked all their lives.
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I really like playing good guys, of course. Although, people make mistakes in their lives, and you could say that the mistakes make us who we are, by how we respond to them. I just don't want to play boring good guys, but I don't have that problem, anyway.
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I felt very honored, and I knew that people would be watching very closely, and I felt it was very, very important that I do a good job.
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My agent said, 'You aren't good enough for movies.' I said, 'You're fired.'
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I want to make it to Heaven and be as good an influence on others as I can in that process.
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New-season lamb shoulder, cooked pink, is the perfect platform for a mixture of fresh and cooked herbs.
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There are people who are profoundly mentally ill. But we now have a very weird perspective on mental illness and what it means. I do think that people are overmedicated.
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Let's just shatter the illusion. I am not wealthy. I've lived in the same house for the past 30 years.
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While Jews and Christians both agree on many religious issues, we disagree, and believe each other profoundly wrong, about others.
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Love seeketh not itself to please, nor for itself hath any care, but for another gives its ease, and builds a Heaven in Hell's despair.
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In rowing, you're always striving for that perfect stroke, that repetition, each one being as good as the last. Same thing with cooking. You can't say, 'Oh, I don't feel well, so I'm going to put out a crappy plate.'
