John Raese Quotes
The minimum wage is not something that you want to stay on as a permanent basis. For example, if you have a minimum wage job, you don't stay there 20 or 30 years. You don't put your children through college working on minimum wage.
Quotes to Explore
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I feel like I'm going backwards, actually, as I get older. I'm regressing. I feel more and more like a kid, which is kind of a fun feeling.
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It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear to get cream for your morning coffee. It is a whole lot of trouble, and then not worth much after you get it.
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I am especially grateful that I have been able to keep my own style over the decades, in spite of the many changes that have taken place in the world of fashion and in its business.
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When we talk about change, we, the business leaders, have to implement it. We have to look at what we're not doing and what we should be doing.
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I was a good decathlete until I got with a coach that really knew how to train specifically for the event... I'd really describe it as like being a juggler; you have ten balls and you're trying to get them all in the air at the same time.
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Getting pummelled is better than not playing anything at all.
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I always wanted to be a scientist. I don't really have any writer friends.
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The last few years of my life have been a little like a long ride in a Poop de Ville with the bottom down.
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My sister is dyslexic, and she's so smart, so intelligent in all of the ways that matter.
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I try to be upbeat. I read this book which tells you to write down everything that you're grateful for each day. Now I'm constantly noticing all the little things that make me joyful.
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I have never had personal debt and never will.
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I am a victim-oriented person. I like to see that the victims know that they have a voice.
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When you read a book, you are letting another person distract your thoughts and work your emotions. If they are adept, there's nothing better than turning off and getting lost.
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I'm a child of the Sixties.
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A big element of what they regard as conformity is simply a desire to have an audience.
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Women's propensity to share confidences is universal. We confirm our reality by sharing.
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In the conversation about women in leadership, male voices are noticeably absent.
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I do not want to be bored listening to music that is muffled and known only to the poet himself.
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I find it a very, very powerful thing to be yourself and not to try and be something else and to use that as your biggest shield and your biggest attack in the world - to just be you.
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I can be a little OCD when it comes to my writing.
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I look for characters that interest me, and a story that keeps me involved and makes me want to know what happens next.
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Marriage is a school itself. Also, having children. Becoming a father changed my whole life. It taught me as if by revelation.
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It is very easy to get people focused on children.
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The minimum wage is not something that you want to stay on as a permanent basis. For example, if you have a minimum wage job, you don't stay there 20 or 30 years. You don't put your children through college working on minimum wage.
