Jimmy Johnson Quotes
The only thing worse than a coach or CEO who doesn't care about his people is one who pretends to care. People can spot a phony every time.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm a huge fan of 'Heart On My Sleeve' - I think it has a 'Take That' feel to it! John Shanks and James Morrison wrote the track, and we spoke to Sony and asked if we could reference a 'Greatest Day'/'Rule The World' sound to make that epic ballad. I think it does the job.
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Where having been an actor was extremely helpful to me was in casting. That's where I think a director who has acted can really shine, and casting is the most important thing you do.
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Let's help those in prison maintain positive connections with their community. If we truly want re-entry to be successful, and we do, people need to come back to a place that still feels like home.
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Good comedy is ageless.
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If I was to do anything besides acting, I would be a fireman or a beat cop. I'd do a regular job.
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It makes no difference who or what you are, old or young, black or white, pagan, Jew, or Christian, I want to love you all and be loved by you all, and I mean to have your love.
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I want to show people that there's a side of myself other than just the outrageous comedian.
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You just have to re-wire your brain when you're shifting from the stage to the screen or the silver screen or the HD flat screen.
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I have an affinity for the law. I like looking at the small type on contracts, and if I could have afforded law school, I probably would have gone.
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Design needs a new relationship with the world, one that is more focused on our planet's needs.
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Happiness is knowing and appreciating what you've got. I am very, very, very grateful for what, to me, is dead easy.
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Every generation is obsessed with the decade before they were born.
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Each time I make a movie, it's like a paid scholarship to a different university course.
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I had always been feeling uncomfortable in my mind about giving advice to others and not acting upon it myself.
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You can never quit. Winners never quit, and quitters never win.
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Our trouble is that we drink too much tea. I see in this the slow revenge of the Orient, which has diverted the Yellow River down our throats.
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I love working in New York.
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Becoming a dad means you have to be a role model for your son and be someone he can look up to.
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If you help a chicken out of an egg, most of the time that bird will die. If you help a moth out of a cocoon, it'll die because they don't go through that struggle and maturation. I can give you a fish for the day and you'll eat a day, but if I teach you to fish, you'll eat for a lifetime. Maybe even start a business.
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I always forgive, but I never forget.
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I am a classic Star Trek fanatic. When I was a kid, my mom and I used to go to conventions.
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I have a direct way of speaking. What I do is tend to lay out everything; I tend to tell people what I'm going to do and how I'm going to do it and what is success for us and what's not... without being too parochial about it, I think Aussies are more direct.
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Drugs and alcohol can be so destructive.
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The only thing worse than a coach or CEO who doesn't care about his people is one who pretends to care. People can spot a phony every time.
