Jim Pattison Quotes
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If I get involved in a charity, I really want to be a part of it. I don't want to just put my name on your pamphlet.
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Television is democracy at its ugliest.
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I think I need security.
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I would love to do some theater.
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I grew up on Bach and Beethoven, and now I'm listening to more modern composers who I can't even name. But since I'm constantly doing music, it's difficult to have that quality time to listen to music and do classical stuff.
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We all serve a purpose. My purpose isn't to be rejected. My purpose isn't to think small or to be introverted. This door closed is literally pushing me to the next door.
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When you're a teenage girl, a lot of being pretty has to do with your hair.
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If you wanted to build an Internet startup in 2005, you had to buy your own servers and hire someone to manage it. Now, that's unheard of.
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We conclude that, simultaneously with the organization of the colleges, there should be at Santa Cruz an organization by disciplines, whose units would have a voice in appointments and promotions, in course of programs, and in the allocation of funds for research.
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I do not connect fashion to elegance. Elegance is in the wilderness, and fashion is in the domestic.
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This result was confirmed by different researchers using various experimental arrangements.
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There's nothing funnier than the human animal.
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I'm very much against war; I'm very much against terrorism of any kind. I find terrorism to be one of the most appalling things that can exist in society.
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I do just genuinely believe Chris Hemsworth is a 6'3, more muscular version of me. And more handsome, but I try.
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I love punching the ceiling with my fists when I'm lost or I can't find a parking space.
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Each color lives by its mysterious life.
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My goal is to always be improving my skills.
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Heart of America is a movie I'm very proud of. The young actors are great and the story has impact.
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If we do not solve our civilizational crisis - a disintegrating culture, dying populations, and invasions unresisted - the children born in 2006 will witness in their lifetimes the death of the West. In our hearts we know what must be done. We must stop the invasion. But do our leaders have the vision and will to do it?
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The pain of childbirth is not remembered. It's the child that's remembered.
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I opened up for Richard Pryor in 1992. I had a conversation with him. All those other comedians can say what they want about what they did, but I opened up for the man. Paul Mooney and I are probably the only ones that can say that.
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My favourite actress is Meryl Streep. Oh, and Anna Magnani.
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Competition-driven innovation and price pressure that commercial practices foster can only make human spaceflight ever more common and U.S. leadership in this domain ever clearer.
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I've always believed that competition is good for consumers and good for businesses.
