John Mackey Quotes
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I learned that despite having years and years of experience in math and computer science and so on, I didn't really know how to code until I formed a company.
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I now believe that major labels can only work with people who care more about fame and money than the quality of the art they produce.
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We're pretty good at putting bunts down and really good at hitting. I know as a pitcher, when you face a pitcher you know can hit, that's not fun. I think taking pride in that, and being able to hit helps your own cause.
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Over 120 Aboriginal communities run their own health services - some have been doing so for 30 years. They struggle with difficult medical problems. They also try to deal with counselling, stolen generations issues, family relationships, violence, suicide prevention.
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When people treat you mean, you dislike them for that, but not because of their person, who they are. I was born and raised in a segregated society, but when I left there, I had nobody I disliked other than the people that'd mistreated me, and that only lasted for as long as they were mistreating me.
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I'm not really a piano player, but I play enough to get away with it.
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We develop our propensity to forgive or not to forgive by what we see illustrated at the early ages of our development.
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That's the mark of a great storyteller, never to give away secrets in advance.
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There's no musical landscape to poetry. It has somewhat of a higher standard than songs, I think.
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Happiness is nothing but temporary moments here and there - and I love those. But I would be bored out of my mind if I were happy all the time.
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I happen to be the kind of reader who, if I like something, I don't want it to end.
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As far as viewpoints, I think I'm more well-rounded and definitely more educated, and probably more hopeful than I used to be. I think when you're young and you get into a cause, you get frustrated with it within a few years, or six months.
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You could argue that 'Sweeney Todd' was romantic, if you looked closely at it, but it didn't impart that to its audiences. But it's large, and it's melodramatic, and it's a style I like to work in periodically.
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I see Baccarat in major gateway cities like Paris, Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong and exotic resort locations.
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I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up happening.
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Though there is such a rich tradition of culture and arts, I have never been invited to perform at a concert in South India.
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I could hum Beatles songs before I could talk - not very well, but sort of.
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Jadakiss is not no walk in no park. Nas is not no walk in no park. These are dudes that could have ended my career.
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Commitment and credibility go hand in hand.
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The best advice comes from people who don't give advice.
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I feel like I've got a nice little niche where I stay just below the radar, which is perfect. I just don't want to be known for anything other than music.
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Youth is not a time of life - it is a state of mind.
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Part of what's great about America, and Canada as well, is that we can talk about our political leaders in public.
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Any type of political ideology is going to have a lot of different variants of it.
