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.
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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.
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The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes.
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My roots are in stand-up, and stand-up is very freeing. There's no script involved; you just fly.
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I grew up in North Carolina. My father was a salesperson; he sold textiles.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.'
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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.
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When we went up against teams that were better, I just hoped that we could steal the victories.
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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.
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What do we want our kids to do? Sweep up around Japanese computers?
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What happened to the America we grew up in, the America of Truman, Ike, JFK and Reagan?
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I tried to play sports, which was a disaster and probably one of the reasons I ended up being an actress.
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I think I may not be able to retire.
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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?'
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I don't want to be remembered as the girl who was shot. I want to be remembered as the girl who stood up.
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We have a certain group of people in this country that seem to want to lock up our national treasures, our national parks, and cherished places and keep the public from enjoying them.
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The information you get from social media is not a substitute for academic discipline at all.
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You can't get any movement larger than five people without including at least one fucking idiot.
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My first scientific paper in 1961 reported an additivity rule for substituent-induced shifts of proton NMR signals in steroid derivatives.
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But to have dreamed the dream is to have flown above the mountains so high in all but deed.
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Contrary to what the fans may think, you don't just show up, wear a striped shirt and a whistle on Friday night.
