John Mackey Quotes
I used to boast that Whole Foods was sort of recession-proof. And obviously I've been proven wrong. So I'm not boasting about that any longer.
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Limitlessness is important for me; I want to be able to use every opportunity to push me forward onto the next thing.
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I don't want to be a bust.
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I didn't volunteer; they asked me. I felt a duty to testify.
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I worked for Oprah Winfrey for two years right out of college in 2004. I was a director's assistant on the film 'Their Eyes Were Watching God,' which Oprah produced.
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The hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowded with fruition.
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I'm married to the theater but my mistress is the films.
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Sound is often talked about in a very subjective way, as if it had a colour. This is a bright sound, this is a dark sound. I don't believe in that because I think that is much too subjective.
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We always push the boundaries on the styles we put on a record.
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If economists were to wait for careful studies before offering opinions about policy, we would never have anything timely to say.
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Sitting on the airplane seat today, I was thinking - I have been in different cities every week. Most of the time, it's because of golf tournaments. But occasionally, I also attend various events. All of a sudden, I feel like I am a business woman. Although sometimes I feel tired, I do enjoy this kind of life.
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I feel like woman was brought to this world to have family and kids.
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I regard it as a waste of time to think only of selling: one forgets one's art and exaggerates one's value.
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I don't pretend that I can imagine myself as a Palestinian.
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I get really, really concerned when I see somebody, taking $600,000 in speaking fees from Goldman Sachs, will not release what they're actually saying. That's concerning.
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I went to Northwestern because I had gone to a really nontraditional high school. I was like, 'It'd be cool to have a traditional college experience.' Then I was like, 'Oh, but none of these people understand what's cool about me. My specialness is not appreciated in this place.'
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Adeo facilius est multa facere quam diu.
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Fingerprints prove you Greystoke. Congratulations. D'Arnot.
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If ever two were one, then surely we.If ever man were loved by wife, then thee;If ever wife was happy in a man,Compare with me ye women if you can.
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If you really stop to think about it, the last really big guitar hero was Eddie Van Halen, and that was back in the '80s - early '80s, you know what I mean? That's a long time ago.
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One piece of white bread has the same calories as three egg whites scrambled with peppers and onion. Which option do you think is better for you? If all calories were created equal, these two options would have to be nutritionally equivalent.
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I like bad boys, and I like to take them home to my mom.
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Not a few organizations exist in our country which function poorly. Sometimes it happens that this or that local government or organ have to satisfy one or another of the many-sided and ever increasing demands of the working population of town and countryside.
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I used to boast that Whole Foods was sort of recession-proof. And obviously I've been proven wrong. So I'm not boasting about that any longer.
