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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There are staples to my show. I have to be conscious about switching things up because I know people who saw me last year will say, 'He did that last time.' But if certain things work, they work.
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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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I always say show me a storyteller who doesn't embellish, and I'll show you a bad one.
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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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Where the whole man is involved there is no work. Work begins with the division of labor.
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Too many of Disney animators, and a lot try to emulate Disney, are trying to hit what they call quality levels. They're boring mannerisms.
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I'm not a method actor. I try to stay separate but to imagine what they'd feel, to put myself in their shoes.
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I'm the most mellow person offstage. I think it's just, going onstage lets me get out some frustration that I'm too shy to do in real life. Instead of doing it in private, I'd rather do it in front of 1,000 people who've paid $25 to see me lose my mind.
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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.
