John Liu Quotes
I try to motivate people and align our individual incentives with organizational incentives. And then let people do their best.
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When I have people around, I'm a chatterbox. But when I'm alone, I never speak. I don't talk to myself; it's just not my schtick.
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Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches.
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I'm not a power person. I like everyone to be on an equal footing.
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The World Bank can only survive if it's spending money.
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And in the Second World War, you didn't just read about it in the newspapers because you weren't allowed to read it in the newspapers. It was all censored, you know? So nobody knew what we were doing.
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I actually started playing in little cafes around New York, and I have a lot of good friends of mine who are musicians who are struggling in New York.
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I don't prepare for anything very well. I am not a good actor. I don't read scripts.
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I dare anybody to look at me and say I'm anorexic. I'm so totally not.
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I hardly teach. It's more like a gathering of minds looking at one subject and learning from each other. I enjoy the process.
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In football, there were drinks available everywhere you looked. On a golf tournament, you could find one free anywhere you wanted it. In tennis and NBA basketball, everybody had a hospitality suite, and so you could go there and load up if you wanted to.
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I was raised in an observant Jewish household, so for me, Hebrew prayers - the sounds, the sunlight streaming in from the stained-glass windows of a synagogue - bring my father back to me as surely as if he were sitting next to me, my head pressed against his shoulder.
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I'm thrilled to be joining Gap Inc., a company that understands the importance of integrating technology and retail in ways that improve the lives of its customers.
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I want love, because love is the best feeling in the whole world.
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It used to be that watching a film was a very special occasion, the same way flying was. Before, if you took a flight from New York to L.A., most of the windows would be open. Now, we get on planes and we just close them because we're so used to what it feels like. I think the same thing has happened with cinema.
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As an actor, I have casting issues. I'm a minority. I don't have trouble making a living, but as far as being on the food chain of the pecking order of actors, I'm not at the top of it. With the jobs that I do, there are always control issues with directors and producers.
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Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.
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So many people love sci-fi, and they're so loyal.
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I think media people know we're good at making content and how we can be smart about how to consume it. It's always a balance.
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I think I am the same kind of person I would have been if I wasn't an actor. I am not a robot.
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Since I'm a highly self-critical person, I try to become better every day. I don't see the point of competing with anyone.
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That’s the trouble with people like them, I suppose; whenever you think you’re detecting the first signs of them starting to behave responsibly, it’s just them being even more devious and underhand than usual.
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Dressing up used to be more of a thing. My dad wore a suit always. Now you think, why bother?
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Marriage hasn't been my thing. But gay people, knock yourselves out!
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I try to motivate people and align our individual incentives with organizational incentives. And then let people do their best.
