John Quelch Quotes
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Times and conditions change so rapidly that we must keep our aim constantly focused on the future.
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'Jurassic Park' and 'Star Wars' shoved me into loving sci-fi and film in general when I was a barely coherent 3-year-old. And 'Lord of the Rings' took me to another planet entirely. Before that series, I knew I loved writing, but after, I knew that I had to write.
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'Dhruva' is not a first person narrative of Siddharth Abhimanyu.
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Success follows doing what you want to do. There is no other way to be successful.
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The rich don't win elections. They support the money, but what percentage of America are rich? What is it, 2 percent? But they all have one vote.
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People are entitled to the presumption of innocence.
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America is another name for opportunity.
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Bad ballplayers make good managers.
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I picked up 'The Hunger Games' thinking it was written at my regressed reading level. I've spent hours reading it, and I'm not even halfway through. Our bass player, whose name is also Nate, ended up reading all three novels and loved them.
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I never, by any regard, ever denied any part of my family roots.
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I am an ardent supporter of capitalism - but I also understand that while individuals have inalienable, God-given rights, corporations do not.
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I remember back in the early '70s, when I had a disastrous Grand Prix, my wife, Lynn, said to me, 'Don't worry, you're going to be a late boomer.' That's what she said to me, and I've always held that thought.
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We can no longer tolerate losing one more innocent child or putting one more firefighter at risk in a fire that could have been prevented at the cost of pennies by making a couple simple changes to the construction of a cigarette.
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So I felt, well, I'll make the money and, with the money, do what I want to do.
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In the U.S., search engines are king. That is because everyone already knows what they are looking for. Brands have been around for a long time.
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And in fact I don't believe there is such a thing as a definitive picture of something. The land is a living, breathing thing and light changes its character every second of every day. That's why I love it so much.
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In England, we have this saying about Marmite: people either love it or hate it. That's like a lot of the movie work I've done. People either find it repulsive or find it really interesting and get engaged in it.
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Winston Churchill was not entirely British. His mother was American, making Sir Winston part Iroquois Indian.
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When it's my last year, I'll probably let people know when that last pitch is thrown and say thanks and walk away.
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On the other hand, I have devoted so much energy to reach the top that I accept the stress of being there.
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Suppose you were working at your job one day, and you made a little mistake. Then all of a sudden a red light went on over your desk, and fifteen thousand people stood up and yelled at you that you sucked?
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I am all in favor of growing the American economy and engaging in trade with the world, but not at the expense of American workers. The North American Free Trade Agreement is a perfect example of this. Ask the textile workers of North Carolina how NAFTA worked out for them - if you can find any.
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The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win.
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If there is cultural imperialism, it is definitely American.
