Jimmy Iovine Quotes
I couldn't do a show; I have about as much talent to do television as, you know... it's not what I do. I wouldn't know where to begin.
Quotes to Explore
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It was never the goal to be a solo performer. It was just something that made the most sense at the time.
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You don't just become number one because you sing like everybody else. There is something different you bring to the table. Make sure you are constantly getting into the newest technologies. Learn the history of what you do, and always respect the ones who came before you.
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In football, you are going to have highs and lows, and you have to recognize when you have new opportunities and walk in those.
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Florence is perhaps best known for being the seat of Renaissance art, and rightly so: A greatest-hits collection of artists passed through its streets - Michelangelo, Leonardo, Botticelli, and Brunelleschi among them.
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I love helping friends, and I like to think I am a good listener and supportive. I'm also just kind of nosy, so it would satisfy my need to know other people's stories.
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I have met hundreds of young people doing just what George Romney did: using a hand up in tough times to become part of the American Dream.
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M&A guidelines need to be liberal.
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Immigration is a volatile issue, but we're in the middle of it now, and probably the worst thing to do is to not do anything. Everybody recognizes the current system is not working the way we want it to work. It has huge flaws to it; need to do something.
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I love that I love my job, and from what I'm told, that others who I work with do, too.
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Quite simply, if you're feeling anxious, angry, a sense of shame, whatever it is, breathe in and agree to touch or feel it. Breathing out, offer space and care to whatever's there. If there's blocking to touching it, emphasize the in-breath and stay embodied.
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When I started Victoria Principal Products, there were 22 full-time employees - they were all women.
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A major attack on our cyber systems could shut down our critical infrastructure - financial systems, communications systems, electric grids, power plants, water treatment centers, transportation systems and refineries - that allows us to run our economy and protect the safety of Americans.
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I was raised to sense what someone wanted me to be and be that kind of person. It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.
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I never get tired of exploring Americana or country music, and I always have a little bit of a crooner in me that never seems to go away.
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In New York, we tip everyone. We tip doormen, we tip cab drivers, and we tip bartenders at the bar. You'll get quite an evil eye if you don't leave a tip at the bar.
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'It was sad to see his tall figure receding in the dark as we drove away, just like the other figures in New York and New Orleans: they stand uncertainly underneth inmense skies, and everything about them is drowned. Where go? what do? what for? - sleep.'
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I love argument, I love debate. I don’t expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that’s not their job.
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We may not return the affection of those who like us, but we always respect their good judgment.
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I read a bit of the Icelandic sagas. They're fascinating in that they are completely ordinary. The farmer will go off into the hills and fight a troll, and then go back and do ordinary things. It's an odd mix of fantasy and reality.
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One thing I always hated with CDs is when people started putting 65 to 75 minutes on their albums.
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I'm the rogue Canadian in my family – I just happened to be born here while my parents were studying here.
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Sweetheart, do not love too long: I loved long and long, And grew to be out of fashion Like an old song.
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I’ve often been accused of being too emotional and sentimental, but I believe in honest sentiment, and the need to purge ourselves at certain times, which is ancient. Men would live at least five or six more years and not have ulcers if they could cry better.
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I couldn't do a show; I have about as much talent to do television as, you know... it's not what I do. I wouldn't know where to begin.
