John Delaney Quotes
All taxpayers feel a tremendous sense of frustration as they see many tens of billions of dollars of bonuses paid to the same mega banks that were on the brink of bankruptcy and were only saved by massive government rescue money and support. We are not satisfied by the fact that many of them have paid the money back, nor should we be.
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I think my numbers speak for themselves.
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I've never said I was a chef - I think I make great food. I will never open a restaurant to do, like, tasting courses.
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We must strive to become good ancestors.
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My father's a Southern Baptist minister. I wasn't lighting cars on fire; I just wasn't.
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I've never been a partier.
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Without knowing about flexibility, one cannot work out strategies to deal with the enemy and prepare for changes, and without knowing about the foundation of one's own culture, one would be contemptuous of the Confucian ethical codes.
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I've done a lot of practical anthropology, living in villages with people and realizing how difficult it is to get out of poverty. When in poverty, people use their skill to avoid hunger. They can't use it for progress.
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I want to see one of my products being taken by people across the world. I want to see them improving and leading a better life. It's like playing God.
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A busybody's work is never done.
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There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.
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In the music world, ageism is a big issue. It's about youth and youth culture. There's no other art form that I know that requires you to be a certain age.
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I received free health care.
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It is an endless procession of surprises. The expected rarely occurs and never in the expected manner.
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It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes.
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I think there's no higher calling in terms of a career than public service, which is a chance to make a difference in people's lives and improve the world.
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I used to do school plays. I never really took any acting classes. I'm just a natural ham, I guess.
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Because art as a pursuit, as a concept, as an ideal, constantly elevates one above the pragmatic, one is inclined to discuss art in heightened terminologies. For me, it is just what I do all day long.
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I'm very realistic. I know my boundaries - I know what I'm good at and what I'm not good at.
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My son is a hip-hop producer.
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Some artists are working to buy the mansion or whatever the element of fame must bear, but I spend all my money on my show.
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A gentleman's taste in dress is upon principle, the avoidance of all things extravagant. It consists in the quiet simplicity of exquisite neatness; but, as the neatness must be a neatness in fashion, employ the best tailor; pay him ready money, and, on the whole, you wi11 find him the cheapest.
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I was named after the great emperor Cyrus as my father, Farokh Broacha, was a great admirer of the Persian emperor. Continuing the tradition, I have named my son after Mikhail Gorbachev, someone whom I admire. He gave his people freedom.
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This nation is really ready for a woman president. It's taken time, but we're ready.
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All taxpayers feel a tremendous sense of frustration as they see many tens of billions of dollars of bonuses paid to the same mega banks that were on the brink of bankruptcy and were only saved by massive government rescue money and support. We are not satisfied by the fact that many of them have paid the money back, nor should we be.
