John Poindexter (John Marlan Poindexter) Quotes

We wanted to be as expansive as possible to make sure we didn't preclude some good ideas.

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• If Turkey wants to join Europe, it will have to become a European country, and that might take a long time.

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • Time
  • Long
  • Country

• I have my own voice and can focus only on that. I know what I like; I find my inspirations in so many other places than just online and bring that into my work.

  

  Hanneli Mustaparta
  • Work
  • Focus
  • Voice

• I think it's OK to be confident in yourself.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • Think
  • Yourself
  • Confident

• I am a sound freak. I could play around with sound forever.

  

  Sam Phillips
  • Sound
  • Freak

• I had always dreamed of winning Wimbledon and when it happened it was very stressful. It was more of a relief!

  

  Pat Cash
  • Winning
  • More
  • Very

• I was raised doing martial arts.

  

  Victor Webster
  • Doing
  • Arts
  • Martial Arts

• I grew up in New York till I was 5, and I remember going to see 'Annie' and some musicals as a kid, and I remember my parents being somewhat okay with us watching 'Rocky Horror Picture Show,' which, it boggles my mind that they allowed me to watch it.

  

  Gabriel Macht
  • Up
  • Mind
  • Remember

• Univision is the only network where you pay for more, not for less.

  

  Randy Falco
  • You
  • More
  • Where

• I understand Tea Partyers' anger with the system, but they are in way over their heads and often racially motivated, and I can't be part of that.

  

  Zach Galifianakis
  • Understand
  • Tea
  • Anger

• So much has been said and sung of beautiful young girls, why doesn't somebody wake up to the beauty of old women.

  

  Harriet Beecher Stowe
  • Up
  • Women
  • Why

• My mother played the piano and my father the violin, I can remember my dad teaching me how to waltz; I had my feet on his, my mother playing the piano, and my husband will tell you the lessons weren't very successful.

  

  Quentin Bryce
  • Remember
  • Mother
  • Father

• I'm not terribly confrontational, but I've gotten better at holding my ground.

  

  Valerie Plame
  • Better
  • Ground
  • Holding

• High-quality public education - combined with other appropriate support, as needed - is the best way to achieve the Oregon Business Plan's goal of reducing the number of people living in poverty.

  

  Kate Brown
  • People
  • Business
  • High

• I couldn't care less about business.

  

  Manolo Blahnik
  • Business
  • Care
  • Less

• Lawsuits prod companies to make their products safer.

  

  Adam Cohen
  • Products
  • Lawsuits
  • Prod

• I received an honorary doctorate for my work. Maybe one of these works is considered the equivalent of a Ph.D.

  

  Iris Chang
  • Work
  • Maybe
  • Doctorate

• Working with Chiranjeevi sir, I realized the professionalism and attitude they used work with. It's just so contagious. When such a personality is doing that, everyone around, too, would do that out of respect. Work was far more efficient, smoother.

  

  Kajal Aggarwal
  • Work
  • Respect
  • Attitude

• Unfortunately, our history has abundant examples of patriotism being used to hurt those who express views in disagreement with that of the majority.

  

  Vic Snyder
  • History
  • Hurt
  • Patriotism

• Our children need to see and hear about more black role models in many fields so they can make better choices.

  

  Benjamin Carson
  • Children
  • Choices
  • Role Models

• I don't know anyone, from any class, who's had a perfectly easy life. I've met people born into wealthy families who feel like they didn't have much emotional support, and people who come from working-class families who had loads of love but no money.

  

  Paloma Faith
  • People
  • Money
  • Families

• My father loved biographies. He loved the true tales of interesting people that were shaping our culture. I get why he dug 'Vanity Fair.' You feel smarter, somehow, for reading it.

  

  Abigail Spencer
  • People
  • Why
  • True

• Supporting iconic, growth-oriented industries, combined with tax policies that encourage small business growth and investment, represents a potent combination and is the basis of our entire administration.

  

  Larry Hogan
  • Business
  • Small
  • Growth

• I got this idea about being afraid to let go of something and being afraid of sinking into a state of almost anesthesia, where you have to trust other people. Just the paranoia of it all. And it seemed to suit the frenetic track. So I just wrote it out and, you know, said it.

  

  Nicholas James Bates Duran Duran
  • People
  • Ideas
  • Said

• We wanted to be as expansive as possible to make sure we didn't preclude some good ideas.

  

  John Poindexter
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