Joseph Roux Quotes
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Poverty breeds lack of self-reliance.
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Any government that has a sincere desire for reform and progress should understand the benefit of objective and constructive criticism.
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I've taken the love of fashion from my mother, and journalism from my father.
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Growing up, you always want to hang with your dad - go fishing or whatever. But my dad was always working, so we never really had time for that. I think I kind of learned to accept it.
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The Central Bank should have a permanent window for discounting high quality securities where banks could go and discount these. It gives peace of mind to the banks. In the absence of this facility, what banks tend to do is to keep a liquidity cushion for emergency requirements. This is a very expensive way of managing liquidity.
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Writing humor for me is more like a watchful-ness. You have to watch. When you say something funny, or someone else does, it's more like you wait for the piece.
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At times, training at home is a distraction, so training in Big Bear was a really good change.
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A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and understand it the first time, then I know it can't be much good.
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It is psychological law that whatever we desire to accomplish we must impress upon the subjective or subconscious mind.
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I remember being described often as 'the horrifically ugly Jack McCall,' and I kept thinking it took me about 10 seconds to get like that.
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At the end of the day, people want to see how fast you run.
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How you played in yesterday's game is all that counts.
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Find your own style. Don't spend your savings trying to be someone else. You're not more important, smarter, or prettier because you wear a designer dress.
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How will the approach of the Singularity spread across the human world view?
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We always hear from newspapers that while people understand the environmental challenge, they are unwilling to stomach the solutions. The trouble is, we only ever hear about the solutions from the media, and for whatever reason, they are almost always caricatured beyond recognition. If there's no appetite for green, it's not surprising.
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Fiscal decentralisation does not lead to higher economic growth because economic growth is much more driven by factors other than taxes and spending, e.g. increases in technological progress and improved human capital.
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Content is king. When you are asking people to read you several times a day, you better have some fine content.
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The Disney deal for us, we are very excited to be their Pay 1 partner, where we are a big licensing partner of Disney all over the world in all different windows.
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Legolas in 'Lord Of The Rings' was sent as a bridge from his people into the world of dwarves and humans and wizards and everything else.
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Memo to White House: Calling voters stupid is not a winning strategy.
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I come from a jazzy, acoustic, folky background. Everything has to work with melodies; the words have to have meaning.
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It's not enough to have the right answers. You have to have the right questions.
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The Old Vic has always been first and foremost an actors theatre, a home for great talent and memorable performances.
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It is a very rare thing for a man of talent to succeed by his talent.
