John Mackey Quotes
Shopping for groceries for most people is like a chore. It's like doing the laundry or taking out the garbage. And we strive to make shopping engaging, fun and interactive.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm an actor, and I like having attention, I guess. There's a reason I like being on stage. There's a reason I like being in front of a camera. It's that interaction.
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Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.
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I really want to have actors contribute their own ideas, with phrasings and ideas on all levels.
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You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.
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Playing evil is just not interesting. I don't think anyone who does evil stuff thinks they're doing evil stuff. That's the scary part.
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The lives of African-Americans in this country are characterized by violence for most of our history. Much of that violence, at least to some extent, you know, done by the very state that's supposed to protect them.
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I had Hallowe'en parties every year, as it was my birthday five days before. My parents would actually put prosthetic noses on, and my dad would wear a top-hat and tails, put on a fake curly moustache, and hold a pipe.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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We see new things all the time. We see new retroviruses out there - which is the category that HIV falls into - and we're very, very concerned because this is the part of the world where HIV jumped from chimpanzees to humans.
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With few exceptions, one ought always do what one is afraid of.
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My hair and my accent are sort of my main assets.
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We always had money problems. Sometimes I would lie awake at night wondering how to pay the rent.
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No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.
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It's the irrational things that interest me.
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I enrolled in an acting workshop and my first acting role was on the TV soap opera 'Melrose Place.'
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A different language is a different vision of life.
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I mean, I like to consider myself a reasonably athletic guy.
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I have never gotten a B in my life. I would honestly be mortified if I got a B. I'm so academically driven.
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You want to be smart. You don't want to put yourself in a position where you can't be there for the team when it comes down to the end.
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My wife determined that my genius should prevail, and that my final success as an ornithologist should be triumphant.
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There's always a certain kind of homework you have to do when there's an accent involved.
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It is important that people support prisoners of the Italian state like Joe in whatever way they can. I was not allowed contact with a lawyer for the first 24 hours, and no phone calls were permitted, but apparently telegrams have been getting through to Joe.
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What I found, over four years of research and reporting, was a conscious effort — taking place in labs and marketing meetings and grocery-store aisles — to get people hooked on foods that are convenient and inexpensive.
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Shopping for groceries for most people is like a chore. It's like doing the laundry or taking out the garbage. And we strive to make shopping engaging, fun and interactive.
