John T. Chambers Quotes

I learned another lesson from Jack Welch. It was in 1998, and at that time, we were one of the most valuable companies in the world. I said, 'Jack, what does it take to have a great company?' And he said, 'It takes major setbacks and overcoming those.'

John T. Chambers

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• I think what I do in my acting world and what I do in my standup world is bring up a brand that I want to bring across. Once you figure out your brand and what you do, it's kind of easy at that. You end up getting your audience.

  

  J. B. Smoove
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• Anyone can wear any color. The question is about finding the right shade. There is a momentary trend to dark colors because when the financials are not that great, people go for black, navy and grey.

  

  Ozwald Boateng
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• In uniform, I had to make judgments about the best course of action in combat when the only choices were 'bad' or 'worse.' As a member of the media, I only had to decide how to get the best 'shot' - preferably without getting shot.

  

  Oliver North
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• I was very pleased, obviously, to have outsold great writers. But I'm not insane - I do realise that I am a popular writer who people buy to take on vacation.

  

  Maeve Binchy
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• All I want to do when I have time off is to have a laugh with my school friends and go down the pub.

  

  Samantha Mumba
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• So you've decided to travel around the world. This is an excellent thing to do. It's a precious place, this planet. We should see it.

  

  J. Maarten Troost
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• Children, in a way, are constant learners. Certainly sponge-like. Absorbing everything without careful analysis, even though, at the same time, they are certainly capable of incredible insights.

  

  Yo-Yo Ma
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• I'm like, 'Why aren't artists owning their masters? Why are labels robbing artists dry, and they have to spend all this time on tour to even break even?' Like, what happened? Why are they promoting things that aren't either socially conscious or elevating the human consciousness?

  

  Kat Graham
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• I came to N.Y.C. in 1988 and got very involved with Act Up. I also started making movies, including two very gay shorts, 'Vaudeville' and 'Lady.' It was the height of the AIDS epidemic, and New York City was both dying and very alive at the same time.

  

  Ira Sachs
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• In Jenny Offill's remarkable first novel, 'Last Things,' 7-year-old Grace Davitt watches her mother, Anna, descend into madness and tries to make sense of the claustrophobic world that Anna has created for her.

  

  Nancy Willard
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• America is unique in the world. If you don't believe that, just ask someone from another country.

  

  Fabrizio Moreira
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• Some fellow from the Third World kept hammering for prizes for a Communist film which was rotten.

  

  Patricia Highsmith
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• I've always hated the danger part of climbing, and it's great to come down again because it's safe.

  

  Edmund Hillary
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• My mom is a great entertainer.

  

  Carlene Carter
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• So many girls only care about guys and looking good all the time.

  

  Victoria Justice
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• Protectionism is a very real danger. It is understandable that in times of a severe downturn protectionist pressures mount but the lessons of history are clear. If we give in to protectionist pressures, we will only send the world into a downward spiral.

  

  Manmohan Singh
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• The Seventies seemed like this really open time. There were a lot of strong women characters deciding what kind of artists they wanted to be.

  

  Rachel Kushner
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• I've become a workaholic. When the shows slow down and there's no press and I can get my time to myself in the studio with my music, I get into this zone, man. I enter this incredible space where I'm just making music. And I feel like I can work with anybody - with Elton John, with Hanson - and I can make something incredible.

  

  Wale
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• I want to work with great directors and tell great stories - storytelling is the one great love of my life, and it means so much, and we have the ability to change the world by telling stories, and I want to keep doing that.

  

  Kelly Marie Tran
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• If there's a cyberattack from China or Russia or Romania or Mexico, it may well run through a server in another country. And it may take months before you know where it really came from.

  

  David E. Sanger
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• Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then.

  

  Katharine Hepburn
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• When I was younger, I enjoyed being strong, and I loved it when my heart was very strong, but I think it was also about submitting to the cultural idea that if you're a 22-year-old woman, you have to look a certain way. I'm not into that anymore. But I do appreciate it when my clothes fit.

  

  Jennifer Beals
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• I learned another lesson from Jack Welch. It was in 1998, and at that time, we were one of the most valuable companies in the world. I said, 'Jack, what does it take to have a great company?' And he said, 'It takes major setbacks and overcoming those.'

  

  John T. Chambers
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