John Mackey Quotes
The right actions undertaken for the right reasons generally lead to good outcomes over time.
Quotes to Explore
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Spare no expense to save money on this one.
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I believe the answers to most problems that confront us around the world can and should be approached by engaging both friend and foe in dialogue. No, I don't naively think that dialogue always works, but I believe we should avoid the rigidity of saying that dialogue never works.
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In North Germany, a troublesome ghost is bagged, and the bag emptied in some lone spot or in the garden of a neighbour against whom a grudge is entertained.
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When I put magic into a book - whether it's a wizard or a crusty old werewolf - I'm asking a reader to swallow a huge leap that is counter to everything he or she knows. An extra big helping of reality makes that leap go down a lot easier.
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Finding a good band is Iike finding a good wife. You got to keep trying till you find the right one.
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My job as a leader is to make sure everybody in the company has great opportunities, and that they feel they're having a meaningful impact and are contributing to the good of society. As a world, we're doing a better job of that. My goal is for Google to lead, not follow that.
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I do this thing with my daughter - I put my hand on her face and shake her head, but really affectionately. But I didn't think, and I did that to Flea.
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Leaving sex to the feminists is like letting your dog vacation at the taxidermist.
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I've never had any desire to be good. I don't like goodness particularly.
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There are other writers who try for subtle and minimalists effects, but I don't travel in that tribe.
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If we continue to fight the National Rifle Association on their home court, which is the legislative front, I think we'll continue to be frustrated. But when you have an ability to go directly to the public, that's a completely different field of engagement, and I think the NRA is not adept at that kind of engagement.
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The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the mud at the bottom of our eye.
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I was fourteen, watching 'The Princess Bride' for the 254321th time, captivated by Wesley and Inigo dueling on the cliff-top. I had never held a sword in my life, but I phoned my mum and said, 'I want to learn to fence!'
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I didn't want to do a zoo show. I didn't want to do a study of someone with mental illness. I just wanted to show someone who was trying to live their life.
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I was commissioned in 2003 to create an original show, and began developing 'Upwake.' 'Upwake' tells the story of Zero, a modern-day business man, going to work with his life in a suitcase, stuck between dream and reality and not able to decipher the two. I wanted 'Upwake' to have the same audiovisual qualities as a movie would.
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It makes me feel good that I can now sit there and go, I've worked with Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, all the great actors that I've worked with... Sir Ben Kingsley.
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I wanted to write a novel that would make others feel the history: the pain and fear that black people have had to live through in order to endure.
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What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.
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I think I was blessed with this talent for a reason. No one told me how to write a song, but I'm just good at it, you know. There are a lot of other things in my life that I'm not so good at, but writing a song is not one of them.
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I never thought I'd get a chance to sing with Wilson Pickett but we did.
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Blogging and the Internet allow us to engage in a lot more real time conversations as opposed to a one-way dump of information or a message.
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I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time.
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The only time I even entertain the tiniest element of religion is for Christmas carols.
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The right actions undertaken for the right reasons generally lead to good outcomes over time.
