John T. Chambers Quotes
What makes Silicon Valley really work? It's a unique combination of great educational institutions - especially at Stanford - that generate engineers and a culture that starts companies.
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American audiences are great. They get what I am doing, but as my band will tell you, nowhere tops the Irish audience. They are just brilliant. They are very open, but the Americans and Spanish come a close second.
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I always said there's no way I'd work in America because I'm too weird and I'm too old, but somehow it's happened.
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I've always found that no matter how much you spend on a movie - you can spend sixty dollars or sixty million dollars - if the movie's good, it's good.
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If I had a choice, I'd rather be admired less and have my husband tormented less. I'd prefer that people concentrate on a fair assessment of him and his Presidency.
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As the ratings go up, so does advertising revenue.
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There comes a time when every scientist, even God, has to write off an experiment.
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If you're a basketball player, you've got to shoot.
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The highest percentage of African Americans own their own homes today than ever in our nation's history.
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To make theater out of real life, you need to catch dialogue when it happens.
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Is not the whole world a vast house of assignation of which the filing system has been lost?
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Decision making in a democracy depends above all on knowledge and not just the intel available to presidents and policymakers.
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No matter where you are from, no matter what your background is, no matter what your socioeconomic status is, every person can achieve his or her dreams.
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Acquaintances we meet, enjoy, and can easily leave behind; but friendship grows deep roots.
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Nothing is stranger to man than his own image.
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Government bonds have basically been sold in the domestic market, so there is some sense of stability, but the amount of public debt is really severe... Japan must manage its finances with a sense of urgency.
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If you're offended, it's your problem.
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Chermoula is a potent North African spice paste that is ideal for smearing on your favourite vegetables for roasting.
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It's not like I don't have my own wants and dreams anymore - it's just that the kids come first. It's primal.
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I will veto any effort to get rid of those automatic spending cuts to domestic and defense spending. There will be no easy off ramps on this one.
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As a child, I always wanted to be an actor. But as I grew older, the acting dream kind of faded away, and I took to studying a lot. A few years later, a relative of mine who really wanted me to try my hand at acting sent my photographs to a few production houses, and like they say, the rest is history.
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Especially during the hot weather, we have been so greatly hampered by infections despite our utmost care, and since we have lost so many dogs, I strongly desire more help to keep the place clean and gloves and gowns and a thorough fitting up of our operating room.
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What makes Silicon Valley really work? It's a unique combination of great educational institutions - especially at Stanford - that generate engineers and a culture that starts companies.
