John Skipper Quotes
Sports occupies a central place in our society, and, as such, it is unavoidably cultural in nature and often engaged in societal issues.
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If I was a bajillionaire, I would spend a lot of time at Barneys just buying all kinds of great things all the time. I would have so many black cashmeres it would be out of control. I like the way nice things feel very much.
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Even with my wife, I find sharing soup is hard.
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We make assumptions: nurses should be nice, teachers should be good. But everyone has a dark side, some darker than others.
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The only way of knowing a person is to love them without hope.
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The man who promises everything is sure to fulfil nothing, and everyone who promises too much is in danger of using evil means in order to carry out his promises, and is already on the road to perdition.
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I feel that 'Tokoyo Drift' blew people away because not many people had high expectations for it.
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During the long process of history, by relying on our own diligence, courage and wisdom, Chinese people have opened up a good and beautiful home where all ethnic groups live in harmony and fostered an excellent culture that never fades.
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My motto is more, 'If you want to find something new, look for something new!' There is a certain amount of risk in this attitude, as even the slightest failure tends to be resounding, but you are so happy when you succeed that it is worth taking the risk.
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I love working with women.
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I don't feel that no big stone should be put over my head, saying he did this, he did that. Unless there's something that I really did do. I believe I'm just ordinary. And I'd like for people to think of me that way, as just a guy that tried. Wanted to be loved by other people because he loved people.
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I'm happy in Lululemon, with a glass of red wine, watching HGTV.
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I turned Compaq from a small company with troubles into a computer powerhouse. We can do the same at Intershop.
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The only time I've been arrested was in opposing the Marble Hill nuclear power plant in Indiana. That was in 1979.
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It's the way the human brain works: when enough events occur in a pattern, we stop thinking and go into macro mode.
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I'm too obsessed that the people who say critical things about me are right, even though I'm getting to do something I love.
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When I wrote my first book, 'Koolaids,' I felt rejected and not wanted.
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Gov. Jeb Bush and the Florida Legislature's strong commitment to increase access to Advanced Placement courses continues to pay off.
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For everything I do, I think about a 6-year-old girl and her mom that I saw at my concert last night. I think about what those two individuals would think if I were at a club last night. I never want to be arrested, and I never want to get a DUI, those are my moral values.
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Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved.
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The firmest of friendships have been formed in mutual adversity, as iron is most strongly united by the fiercest flame.
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Being inducted seems to mean a lot to a lot of people, and by proxy that has sort of rubbed off on me. But it's not necessarily a mandate from the masses, so I don't know. We'll see.
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Why, Sir, it is difficult to settle the proportion of iniquity between them.
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There is no such thing as a model or ideal Canadian. What could be more absurd than the concept of an 'all Canadian' boy or girl? A society which emphasizes uniformity is one which creates intolerance and hate.
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Sports occupies a central place in our society, and, as such, it is unavoidably cultural in nature and often engaged in societal issues.
