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 don't know what a softball question is. All I know is I have no agenda. I ask short questions, and I listen to the answer.
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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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One thing must be granted to the rich: they are goodnatured.
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Theres my education in computers, right there; this is the whole thing, everything I took out of a book.
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She and the other witches probably turned themselves into bats and had bat sex one hundred feet up, or had sex on the spirit plane, or with fire elementals or whatever.
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The Bible is very clear about one thing: Using politics to create fairness is a sin.
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It is terrifying to see how easily, in certain people, all dignity collapses. Yet when you think about it, this is quite normal since they only maintain this dignity by constantly striving against their own nature.
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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.
