Jim Mitchell Quotes

Contrary to what the fans may think, you don't just show up, wear a striped shirt and a whistle on Friday night.

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• This can sound as something naive. But if we are together in this union, it's because we choose to be one in many things. That's what makes the European Union experience so challenging and also a model. Why did we do this choice? Because we see that we share a common interest and common values.

  

  Federica Mogherini
  • Why
  • Experience
  • Together

• I may have managed to build a successful technology startup that had gone public by the time my three kids hit their 13th birthdays, but don't think that bought my wife and me any special respect from our teenagers.

  

  Naveen Jain
  • Time
  • May
  • Kids

• The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes.

  

  Lao Tzu
  • People
  • Up
  • Taxes

• My roots are in stand-up, and stand-up is very freeing. There's no script involved; you just fly.

  

  Harland Williams
  • Up
  • You
  • Fly

• I grew up in North Carolina. My father was a salesperson; he sold textiles.

  

  Parker Harris
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  • Father
  • North Carolina

• I grew up watching my mom and dad selling rooms in our motels. We had CEOs coming to our house so that my dad could persuade them to have their executives stay in Hyatt hotels.

  

  J. B. Pritzker
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  • House
  • Dad

• The nude scenes were a little eerie and I felt a bit odd. Yeah, when the camera scanned up my body, I said to my friend, 'Now, that's a close-up.' I mean, you see every inch of my body. But I'm okay with it and so it was cool.

  

  Natasha Henstridge
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  • Friend
  • Cool

• I didn't grow up around all white people; I never wanted to gentrify hip-hop, I've never wanted to speak to an all-white audience.

  

  G-Eazy
  • People
  • Up
  • Speak

• The batsman does not always need to create big hits. He can hit a boundary, then pick up some singles and still gets nine runs. To avoid that, I need to plan in a way where he must look to hit wherever there is a fielder. That is what is called 'bowling to the field.'

  

  Harbhajan Singh
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• Every kid has a laptop; everyone can make music, so in order to stand out, I think it's important to find that sonic identity, I think my sonic identity - and mine is finding these weird sounds that may not necessarily sound that musical, and make them sound musical.

  

  Flume
  • Music
  • Important
  • May

• When we went up against teams that were better, I just hoped that we could steal the victories.

  

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  • Up
  • Better
  • Victories

• There's no such thing as a writer's block. If you're having trouble writing, well, pick up the pen and write. No matter what, keep that hand moving. Writing is really a physical activity.

  

  Natalie Goldberg
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  • Writing
  • Hand

• What do we want our kids to do? Sweep up around Japanese computers?

  

  Walter F. Mondale
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  • Kids
  • Want

• What happened to the America we grew up in, the America of Truman, Ike, JFK and Reagan?

  

  Pat Buchanan
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  • America
  • Happened

• I tried to play sports, which was a disaster and probably one of the reasons I ended up being an actress.

  

  Haley Bennett
  • Up
  • Play
  • Sports

• I think I may not be able to retire.

  

  Tadashi Yanai
  • May
  • Think
  • Retire

• When he would give you direction, it was not sitting in a chair saying, 'Hey, babe! Do this and that and the other thing.' Mr. Sirk would ask, 'May I speak with you?' and sit down and say, 'I think this should be done this way. And how do you feel about it? Do you feel it that way?'

  

  Lana Turner
  • Done
  • May
  • Think

• I don't want to be remembered as the girl who was shot. I want to be remembered as the girl who stood up.

  

  Malala Yousafzai
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  • Want
  • Girl

• And all, but Lust, is turned to dustIn Humanity's machine.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Lust
  • Machine
  • Humanity's

• I motivate what I see in young people because we employ about forty thousand young people in our various Chick-fil-A units. Some of them come to work because they need to work; others just work because they just like to work. There's nothing wrong with that.

  

  S. Truett Cathy
  • People
  • Work
  • Young

• I don't start my show at 200%. I like to go in slow, warm up the crowd, and bring them along with me. To hear everyone singing along is so great.

  

  Nicholas James Murphy
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  • Great
  • Singing

• Look, all administrations, all governments lie, all officials lie and nothing they say is to be believed. That's a pretty good rule.

  

  Daniel Ellsberg
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  • Pretty
  • Look

• Serendipity is nice, but hoping for luck and the magic of happenstance shouldn't be an excuse for a lack of proactivity. I had to learn for myself that waiting isn't a life plan.

  

  Karen Finerman
  • Life
  • Nice
  • Myself

• Contrary to what the fans may think, you don't just show up, wear a striped shirt and a whistle on Friday night.

  

  Jim Mitchell
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