John Caudwell Quotes
I might have made more money if I had outsourced to India, and I knew I'd find it easier to hire senior managers in London. But I wanted to be in Stoke. What could be more satisfying than creating work for 3,000 people in my home town?
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Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others.
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I get breakfast when everyone else is on their lunch break. I usually go to Dimes, which is a short walk from my apartment. Usually, I'll have chia pudding or an acai bowl and toast and sausage.
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In the search for culpability for the tragedy in Ferguson, I mostly blame politicians.
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A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also no less invalidated by the marriage of his friends.
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At the Museum of Roman Art, the logic of the forms is very much modern. But in spite of that, the idea of the construction could be related to a historical time.
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I've always felt a bit hard done by in England – you know, I've won the Bisto three times in Ireland, but it has felt like nobody has even heard of me in my home country.
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I'm attracted to stories that excite my imagination, stories that, as I'm reading the script, I feel it, I can see it, I can hear the characters. I'm attracted to characters that are real, that tap into something inside me that I haven't explored yet.
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Often, little situations trigger enormous reactions. Be there, present for it. Your partner will find it easier to see it in you, and you will find it easier to see it in them.
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If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians.
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If we do a little bit of insight into history, how many times have there been people doing hate discourse, blaming everything on a certain group of people. That really is the genesis of genocide, where it kind of sparks.
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If you respect a language and culture, it shows in your work.
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I really didn't intend to be a musician when I left Japan.
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When I went to college, I discovered the Sega console, and 'Sonic the Hedgehog' became very dear to me.
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I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill.
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Today, India is a nuclear weapons state.
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I didn't hang around films. I don't know if I'd ever seen Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes.
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Marriage requires a special talent, like acting. Monogamy requires genius.
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Ultimately, our goal was to be a band and be recognized for our songs and making records. And I think that has been the case.
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Most of the competition was into bulk popcorn because of the major increases in the Drive-In Theatre Outlets.
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Cocktail music is accepted as audible wallpaper.
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People are often disappointed when they meet me because I'm not this giant, flamboyant - you know, I don't wear sequined jackets.
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We'd only speak Korean at home. They wouldn't let us have sleepovers and sent us away to Korean church camp during the summers. We had weird food concoctions, too, so instead of spaghetti bolognese, we had rice bolognese with kimchi.
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We're teachers, and we have a commitment." "Commitment to what-to live and die in this hellhole, when we can leave and live like other people?
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I might have made more money if I had outsourced to India, and I knew I'd find it easier to hire senior managers in London. But I wanted to be in Stoke. What could be more satisfying than creating work for 3,000 people in my home town?
