Sanford I. Weill Quotes
I believe in treating other people with respect. My style is to speak to people, be available to them and willing to answer their questions. This also means being straightforward and honest with them.
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When I have people around, I'm a chatterbox. But when I'm alone, I never speak. I don't talk to myself; it's just not my schtick.
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The world is always in movement.
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We are slaves to whatever we don't understand.
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You know they're not going to lose 162 consecutive games.
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I want do a Mandarin language movie. It'll probably be the next movie I do after the one I do next.
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Sometimes I'm happy - you can tell via Twitter. Sometimes I'm pissed off - you can tell via Twitter. I just think, at the end of the day, I don't want them to see me as a celebrity; I just want them to see me and say, 'He's like a regular person at his job right now who's mad.'
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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Even the worst Bond movies, there's something to love about them.
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Women just love to shop.
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I had a guidance counsellor who made me take an aptitude test, and told me I should be a bricklayer.
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A fine world in which man reproaches woman with fulfilling his heart's desire!
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I don't like Botox. It makes a very strange forehead.
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If you're writing a scene for a character with whom you disagree in every way, you still need to show how that character is absolutely justified in his or her own mind, or the scene will come across as being about the author's views rather than about the character's.
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It's the way the human brain works: when enough events occur in a pattern, we stop thinking and go into macro mode.
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I follow a simple formula when I compose. I ask myself, 'What would the audience want to hear?' and 'Why would they buy my CDs?' And the process of answering these questions through music follows. Sometimes, it works. Sometimes, it backfires.
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Every morning, I can lose myself just by looking at my son.
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Whether it's a kid in high school who doesn't have any friends and finds friends in my characters, or a guy in Afghanistan, who's trying to forget what he did that day, and trying not to think about what he's gotta do tomorrow... I give them a little bit of an escape.
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I love my country so much.
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World military spending has now risen to over $1.2 trillion. This incredible sum represents 2.5 per cent of GDP (global gross domestic product). Even if 1 per cent of it were redirected towards development, the world would be much closer to achieving the Millennium Development Goals.
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The second I tell myself I have to do something, I'm sure to do the opposite.
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In this job, you're constantly surrounded by people. There are a lot of demands on your time. And I guess those moments when you can switch off and get away from it are really important.
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I believe in treating other people with respect. My style is to speak to people, be available to them and willing to answer their questions. This also means being straightforward and honest with them.
