Jim Pattison Quotes
People in the high-tech sector are living with change every hour. They can get up in the morning and find themselves behind already.
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My memory of my home was that it was very happy, and that there was more fun and life there than there was anywhere else.
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All I came to Los Angeles with was a dream. No one from my family ever left Ohio.
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There has never been a female director who has won an Oscar. There has only been one woman who won at the Cannes Film Festival.
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Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they'll be there for you.
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Commitment and credibility go hand in hand.
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I think that its easy to think of the environment as all doom and gloom and that, 'What can we do, it's too late. And the polar bears are gone, and everything is gone.' But really, just the little steps that we can make as individuals make a big difference.
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If you look back on the breakups that you've had, whether it's a long relationship or a one-night stand, it's always awkward.
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Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you're confident even when you're not.
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I am not one of these guys who works job after job after job.
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I was doing things that weren't good for me. So I checked into the Churchill Priory clinic. It was the best thing I've done for ages.
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Many people think fairy tales and retellings of fairy tales are only for children, but I'm not the only writer to take an old tale and retell it for a sophisticated adult audience.
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To many a man, and sometimes to a youth, there comes the opportunity to choose between honorable competence and tainted wealth. The young man who starts out to be poor and honorable, holds in his hand one of the strongest elements of success.
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I've been saying for years that readers want inexpensive ebooks.
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I wanted to be a child actor so bad that every day I'd beg my parents if I could audition, but my mom said, 'Not until you can drive yourself to auditions.'
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I'm interested in fashion; I buy fairly good pieces, and I think as I've gotten older, I've pared down a lot.
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Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.
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Recording a song for a film doesn't take much time; it's hardly an hour's job, but concerts are constant, and so is travelling, so I've to take time out to work on my albums because I'm passionate about creating my own music. When you love something dearly, you set your priorities accordingly.
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You don't quit after you get beat. You pick yourself up, and you start rebuilding to accomplish your goals.
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People aren't going to support an artist just because they have an audio file. They have to feel a real connection.
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All people are the same; only their habits differ.
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When I have trouble sleeping, I'll read, watch old episodes of 'Sex and the City,' or dance around my house. Music helps me wind down.
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The journalism, I was a financial journalist - it's very good training as a writer. You have to write for deadlines; you have a certain economy of phrasing. As a training ground as a writer, it's fantastic. I also think it teaches you to be observant, to listen to people, and gives you an ear of dialogue from doing interviews.
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People in the high-tech sector are living with change every hour. They can get up in the morning and find themselves behind already.
