John Delaney Quotes
As the founder and former chief executive of two publicly traded companies, I have had a great deal of exposure to how debt markets work.
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I don't see myself as ever being like anybody else.
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I believe that movies are fast becoming antique and dinosauric as a medium. Film is a medium for the over-40s and television has gone the same way. If you're going to look towards the new generation, then of course you're going to have to be a lot more random, spontaneous, irreverent and provocative with your programming.
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I have to remember that winning an Oscar is an almost unbelievable goal and that it is an honour just to be nominated.
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When you commit to something and have fun with it, it appreciates you, the gift, and it starts to help you out.
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People assume a lot of things about gymnasts - that the girls work too hard, it's way too much for them, they are too young to work so hard.
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When I was in school, there was no such thing as girls' athletics.
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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The rebuilding of Iraq has been terrible.
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He who binds his soul to knowledge, steals the key of heaven.
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I remember 'Hannah Montana' came out, and I was so depressed, I started crying because I was like, 'I want to do that.'
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Each book tends to have its own identity rather than the author's. It speaks from itself rather than you. Each book is unlike the others because you are not bringing the same voice to every book. I think that keeps you alive as a writer.
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I thank you for your kind invitation to introduce me to the president of the Republic. Since I have not been out of my atelier for two months, I have no appropriate costume for this circumstance. Please excuse me.
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If you compare me to an actor, I'm probably one of the best boxers in the profession. But if you compare me as a boxer, I'm probably one of the best actors.
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I remember when I was in third grade, I was in a classroom, and the teacher said, 'What do you want to do when you get older?' We were going around the room. I said, 'I want to be a professional basketball player.' She's like, 'That's not realistic.' I thought to myself, 'OK, watch.'
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Maurice was a silly man. Maurice liked being silly.
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I've always maintained - a captain is only as good as his team. It is not about my leadership, it is not about me.
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Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causing you to bump into people not going your way.
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People just can't wrap their heads around two young black women in a major production.
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I grind my teeth and keep my thumbs in so tight that I've dislocated them, just not to scream. Sometimes as an actor one is lucky enough to be asked to scream.
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The soul is a thing so impalpable, so often useless, and sometimes so embarrassing that at this loss I felt only a little more emotion than if, during a walk, I had lost my visiting card.
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I never knew a man go for an honest day's walk for whatever distance, great or small, and not have his reward in the repossession of his soul.
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Community is and must be inclusive. The great enemy of community is exclusivity. Groups that exclude others because they are poor or doubters or divorced or sinners or of some different race or nationality are not communities; they are cliques--actually defensive bastions against community.
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If there's one message I want people to take away is never compromise being your authentic self. Even if that means making others uncomfortable.
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As the founder and former chief executive of two publicly traded companies, I have had a great deal of exposure to how debt markets work.
