Jon Oringer Quotes
I met with several public company CEOs to learn about their experiences of going public and listened to as many earnings calls as I possibly could.
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I was raised Catholic in Rockford, Illinois. But I'm not a practicing Catholic anymore. Oh God, no.
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I feel that everything I do in my life I can do in a shorter time than most men can. It's the quality, not the quantity.
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Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
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When my husband is away and I'm by myself, my neighbours will insist I eat with them every single night because they see it as unhealthy to eat by yourself.
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I took a job at a white-shoe NYC law firm, with an office, business cards, and a fat starter paycheck.
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Until he announced his immigration policy last week, Obama had the support of most Hispanic voters - but not the enthusiasm they had shown for him in 2008. That may be changing in part because of the decision not to deport young immigrants whose undocumented parents brought them here as children.
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I'm inspired every time I see a role I'd like to play, an actor turn in a well crafted performance, a story I'd like to tell, direct or produce.
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Man, 'Hill Street Blues' was on when I was 12, and I remember feeling I'd never seen anything like it. It was that far ahead of its time, with dark characters you loved. I remember Ed Marinaro, the football star.
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Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.
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When I was fifteen, I dreamed of living in the big city, as many a young person does if he is artistic and sensitive. By 'artistic and sensitive' I mean short, skinny, unkissed, bad at sports, and carrying a C average in high school.
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When you are rich, people try to take advantage of you.
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Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night and wonder how I do these things. I can embarrass myself so badly that I literally get a hot prickle down the back of my neck.
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I've always defended Shania. She not only opened doors; she knocked several down.
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We all do stupid things.
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I wouldn't ever give myself the label bisexual, but bi-curious, yeah.
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Success in its highest and noblest form calls for peace of mind and enjoyment and happiness which come only to the man who has found the work that he likes best.
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I never meant to be but a dreamer.
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My own business always bores me to death. I prefer other people's.
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I feel a connection to many songs that I won't sing because I don't think they are right for me! There is something in my gut that immediately responds. There's no science to it.
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Women are all the same; we want to be smaller in the waist, longer legs, slimmer. I design for women and their defects, to make them better.
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Games have no other purpose than to please.
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When I first quit my day job, I was terrified. I called my editors and said I'm trying to make a go of this, and they threw every contract at me they could. And for two years, I had a book or an anthology out every month.
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Arbitration is justice blended with charity.
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I met with several public company CEOs to learn about their experiences of going public and listened to as many earnings calls as I possibly could.
