Jim Pattison Quotes
Today, public companies don't like the idea of conglomerates. People want to buy something in which they know where they are putting their money - into the food business or the oil and gas business. They don't want to put their money into a hodge-podge as a general rule.
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I've always been a very confident person, and I know how important it is to take advantage when life gives you opportunity.
Zach LaVine
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The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.
Yehuda Amichai
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Blessed be Providence which has given to each his toy: the doll to the child, the child to the woman, the woman to the man, the man to the devil!
Victor Hugo
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Be who you are and be that well.
Saint Francis de Sales
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For me, I never, never, from the moment I started acting, had a desire to be famous.
Carla Gugino
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The so-called skills gap is really a gap in education, and that affects all of us.
Adam Davidson
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As cliched as it sounds, I'm taking every day as it comes.
Oliver Sim The xx
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I hope everybody enjoys our input on 'Black Water' - it sure was a lot of fun getting to record it.
Zac Brown Band
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Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
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We - we spend a lot of time, scholarly time, thinking about love and sex, but very little about the - the kind of joy that can take over a crowd of people or a group of people, in festivity, in ecstatic ritual of some kind, in celebration.
Barbara Ehrenreich
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GaGa is one of my favourites. Her voice is incredible and she's fearless and she's ahead of the game. She's ahead of the entire game, and I admire that.
Nas
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I feel Dress for Success is basically about empowering women who were in a disadvantaged situation. The act of wearing a suit when she's walking in the door, it's so powerful - it's about gaining control of their lives and situations.
Karen Elson
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N.Y. hip-hop is ok, but we gotta become brave again; we have to be brave enough and do something new - that's what New York is about... New.
Nas
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It's really unfair to working women in America who read celebrity news and think, 'Why can't I lose weight when I've had a baby?' Well, everyone you're reading about has money for a trainer and a chef. That doesn't make it realistic.
Rachel Zoe
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My best friend is my husband.
Samantha Bond
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A lot of people heard 'Murda Business' and thought it was about killing people, trying to be tough and hardcore. If you actually listen to the lyrics, it's kind of silly and playful.
Iggy Azalea
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In Washington, D.C., in 2006, Democrats had long since given up on the war in Iraq in terms of any tangible political support for it. The new factor was the Republicans were beginning to give up as well, and they were truly challenging the strategy and the lack of success.
Jack Keane
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Just learning to think in another language allows you to see your own culture in a better viewpoint.
Gates McFadden
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I always try to show there's a way for the kids that feel like they're lowlives. In anything you want, you can be the greatest at it, even without school, if you want. Know your route.
Daystar Peterson
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I have been on the Internet for a long time and have always gotten hate on the Internet, so there is a thick skin I have developed.
Barbie Ferreira
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As I get older, I start to look back at the field that I've crossed and realize that it was a mine field.
Carol Kane
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I was described as a dreamer, a fantasist, even as the village idiot. I didn't care. What I cared about was convincing people to allow me to go on with my work.
Ada Yonath
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You determine your future by the thoughts and pictures you hold in your mind today.
Brian Tracy
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Today, public companies don't like the idea of conglomerates. People want to buy something in which they know where they are putting their money - into the food business or the oil and gas business. They don't want to put their money into a hodge-podge as a general rule.
Jim Pattison