Sara Blakely Quotes
Most of the reason we don’t do things is because we’re afraid to fail. I just made a decision one day that I was not not going to do things in my life because of fear.
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It takes more than capital to swing business. You've got to have the A. I. D. degree to get by - Advertising, Initiative, and Dynamics.
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Any time you get two people in a room who disagree about anything, the time of day, there is a scene to be written. That's what I look for.
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There was a period where I was a little scared that I'd blown my chance.
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The president of the United States is not a king. You know? Barack Obama was elected by the American people.
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The funny thing is, people's perceptions of what a song is about is usually wrong a majority of the time. But they're still going to read what they want to into it.
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Healthcare is the only civil system where new technology makes prices go up instead of down.
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I've started doing yoga and meditation, but I'm not very good at that kind of thing and turning my brain off.
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We got guys who can score. Everybody knows guys can score.
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Ignorance is no excuse, it's the real thing.
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I think the whole policy of pre-emptive war is a serious, serious mistake.
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Preying on the grievances of disaffected young men is the bedrock of Islamism.
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Style of the future is the convergence of function and fashion.
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Está atado a ellos y no comprendes cómo, porque ellos no están atados a ti.
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I couldn't afford therapy, so I just watched 'Frasier.' Season 4 was a breakthrough.
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Everybody trusted Cronkite because he reminded them of their favorite uncle or trusted family physician. Being square in the age of the Beatles made Cronkite retro cool.
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Anybody with my background in the airline business who is not deaf is a fraud.
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I'm not optimistic.
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I do not believe in taking the right decision, I take a decision and make it right.
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Patience was not something that came naturally to me, but in cooking it is the quintessential skill.
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Working in Korea with the talent and staff there was very eye-opening. I was in awe of everyone's talent, passion, and love for the process.
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One of the tax systems in the US is for wage earners. The government takes money from them out of each paycheck - so it knows how much they make, and those workers can't cheat to any significant degree. But the other tax system is for capital. Those with capital get to tell the government what they want to tell. They may get audited, but if their tax returns are of any size the government doesn't have enough of the smart auditors to figure out what's really going on. And there are the rules that allow you to do things like take in money today and pay taxes on it thirty years from now.
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Most of the reason we don’t do things is because we’re afraid to fail. I just made a decision one day that I was not not going to do things in my life because of fear.
