Scott Cook Quotes
People don't place their trust in government or company pension plans; they have to be self-reliant.
Quotes to Explore
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I didn't care what, how much adversity life threw at me. I intended to get to the top.
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To worship the product and ignore its development leads to dilettantism and reaction.
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I was an expert horseman.
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Most Americans have no memory of the designs Franklin Roosevelt's New Dealers had for postwar-American foreign policy. Human rights, self-determination and an end to European colonization in the developing world, nuclear disarmament, international law, the World Court, the United Nations - these were all ideas of the progressive left.
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I grew up on Don Knotts and Jerry Lewis and all the guys from Second City.
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I was always more interested in story songs, things with a point of view... and things that informed me.
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If India has to achieve exponential growth, it would have to be on the back of strong growth in the manufacturing sector.
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Sales don't always have anything to do with good or brilliant or original. Sales are about appeal.
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I'm a writer because I love reading. I love the conversation between a reader and a writer, and that it all takes place in a book-sort of a neutral ground. A writer puts down the words, and a reader interprets the words, and every reader will read a book differently. I love that.
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I became aware that all sounds can make meaningful language.
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When you're the victim of the behavior, it's black and white; when you're the perpetrator, there are a million shades of gray.
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My operas and my theatre works are very formal pieces.
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It's interesting to see how some of the womenswear designers that we have long worked with at Net-A-Porter are developing menswear collections - Christopher Kane, Jonathan Saunders and Richard Nicoll.
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When you want a break from dogs, and you take them to the kennel to the stars, no one thinks you're a bad pet owner. But when you have kids, you can't drop them off for three weeks without someone calling Child Protective Services!
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My idea of artistry has always been 'try everything until you find out what works.'
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I was told having a website would help me. I have yet to figure out why my life story needs to be on the web.
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The ancillary aspect of every British city now is the council estate.
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I'm definitely post-something.
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We're responsible for the creation of the PC industry. The whole idea of compatible machines and lots of software - that's something we brought to computing. And so it's a responsibility for us to make sure that things like security don't get in the way of that dream.
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What I admire is people who are grounded and resistant to all kinds of whisperings. Kimi Raikkonen, for example. You may like him or not, but he lives his way. He does the things he has identified as worthy for him and he is not trying to be everybody’s darling. At least he doesn’t give that impression. He is straightforward and honest and he tells you if he has a bad day. Period. He is real. He’s not political. He’s never up to something. If he doesn’t want to tell you something he will say so and not hum and haw. He doesn’t beat around the bush, never coming to the point.
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There used to be a lot of acts, which was good, because people don't want to see the same act every night. But, you don't want too many acts, you don't want to over-saturate it.
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Building a baseball team is like building a house. You look for the best architects, the best builders - and then you let them do their jobs.
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I got my hush puppies on. I guess I never was made meant for glitter rock and roll.
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People don't place their trust in government or company pension plans; they have to be self-reliant.
