John Elkann Quotes
I think there is empirical evidence that if you look at family controlled businesses, they actually outperform in terms of results and also valuations, the broader market.
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To me, presentations are the most powerful device. You can't really name a movement that didn't start with the spoken word.
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It's nature-nurture, right? I've been nurtured by Californians.
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Businesses fail when they over-invest in what is at the expense of what could be.
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I would definitely like to start a family because it's the most important thing in the world and what you should take care of, along with your friends and the people you love.
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There's competition at every phase of your life. The day we start thinking about it, you lose your peace of mind. I don't compete with anyone.
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My touchstone for every question is the Constitution.
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Well, I was born in El Paso, Texas, it was in the nearest hospital to the family farm.
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Six years, I didn't act. Then I wrote myself a role - I won prizes all over the world.
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I don't ever want to be sad about my life.
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A lot of times, you think you want something, and then you find something completely different.
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I wanted to weave a green thread through the Conservative party; that's my job, and I signed up imagining that I would be in a very small minority within my party, possibly even on my own, battling away on these issues.
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I can write best in the silence and solitude of the night, when everyone has retired.
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You can tell if there's magic in something. When you start it, you want to finish it and you want it to be perfect. If you're not inspired, and you're working hard to pull inspiration from somewhere and make a song something it's not, then it's very contrived, and I don't like to write music that's contrived.
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Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The hairs of his head are easier by far to count than his feeling, the movements of his heart.
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Politics is a people business. I like people.
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The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.
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You just put yourself into your work, and you can do anything you want, depending on how hard you want to work for it.
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My voice and the styles and genres I sing all express my appreciation for what I hear.
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The Vietnam War was happening, but Lubbock was... They put a pinch on it.
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'Rosemary's Baby' is still one of my favorite movies of all time. The idea of her being impregnated with the devil is just so frightening. I'm actually going to work on a movie in February, called 'Mercy,' from Jason Blum, who produced the 'Paranormal Activity' movies, and there is a similar theme to 'Rosemary's Baby' in the movie.
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There are so many people who are arguing or fighting over issues which don't have much relevance. We must all realise it is not worth it.
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I get to do some kind of artwork almost everyday and it just so happens that I can pay the bills and support my family while doing it.
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I think there is empirical evidence that if you look at family controlled businesses, they actually outperform in terms of results and also valuations, the broader market.
