Sanford I. Weill Quotes
I've had a terrific life, from building one company to be the second largest company in the securities industry and merging that into American Express, and becoming president of that company.
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I converse with my dog through ESP.
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I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I've written 29 damn plays. Isn't that enough?
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It's very important that every movie I do makes money because I want the people that had the faith in me to get their money back.
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I think there's a lot of naivete and hubris within our mix of personalities. That's probably our worst crime. I keep wondering what a 'mature' record means.
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When you procrastinate, you're more likely to let your mind wander. That gives you a better chance of stumbling onto the unusual and spotting unexpected patterns.
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If a company knows it may have to pay a large amount of money if it poses an unreasonable threat to others, it will have a strong incentive to act better.
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If gender is on a spectrum, where one finds oneself is completely unique.
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I have flown with British Airways since I was a very little child, so it feels quite special to have gone from family holidays flying around Europe to become a gold card holder and be spoiled enough to travel more than not in first class.
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I don't work out or watch what I eat – but I need to start so it doesn't catch up to me.
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Any Wall Street advertising that does not go into the boring details of methodology is most likely to be pushing past performance.
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By playing games you can artificially speed up your learning curve to develop the right kind of thought processes.
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When you are in the public eye, you have to protect yourself. There are so many people judging you. I just try to be myself.
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As much as movies are about the words that you're saying, they're also about what's not said, the silent moments.
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My favorite subject was either English or History. I had a really awesome high school education.
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I'm forever writing, forever looking for something to direct or produce, and always on the hunt for a great role.
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Why do we do basic research? To learn about ourselves.
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I started mountain-bike riding two years ago, which is much better than riding a stationary bike in the gym. Mountain biking is a total body workout.
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I cry at anything remotely touching - smile at me warmly and I'm off... television also does it, everything from 'X-Factor' to cereal commercials. I cry when I am tired. I also cry when I laugh.
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Nostalgia used to be called mal du Suisse - the Swiss sickness.
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Within recent weeks Mr. Miller started to pursue a course of conduct which could only be detrimental to the national security and the social and economic well-being of the federation.
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I grew up really poor and have always been the type of person who will work earlier or work harder or more than the other person to even the playing field.
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Hollywood is a goofy place. But I like it.... If one weren't a little mad one wouldn't be there.
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There are few situations in life that cannot be resolved promptly, and to the satisfaction of all concerned, by either suicide, a bag of gold, or thrusting a despised antagonist over a precipice on a dark night.
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I've had a terrific life, from building one company to be the second largest company in the securities industry and merging that into American Express, and becoming president of that company.
