Henry J. Kaiser Quotes
I make progress by having people around me who are smarter than I am and listening to them. And I assume that everyone is smarter about something than I am.
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You are rich if and only if money you refuse tastes better than money you accept.
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We should read music in the same way that an educated adult will read a book: in silence, but imagining the sound.
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If you've got unemployment, low pay, that was just too bad. But that was the system. That was the sort of economy and philosophy against which I was fighting in the 1930s.
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If major companies sourcing in developing countries care only about price and quality, local suppliers will be lured to cut corners on environmental standards to win contracts.
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Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.
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I've always wanted to be my own person and stand by the things I believe in and I thought I might lose that independence if I ran for political office.
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The thing about the South is we accept our history. We don't push it under the rug.
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Everybody in America who didn't come over the Bering Strait ice bridge stole his land from somebody else.
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My stepdad is a Patriots fan, so I've become a Pats fan, too.
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People who think about time travel stories sometimes think that going back in time would be fun because you would have all the information you needed to be much more astute than the people there, when the truth is of course you wouldn't.
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I could not be one of those actors who stays in character all day long. I'd go mad.
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I don't mind a big fascinator. I think there is more scope for artwork in a fascinator rather than a hat.
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Mighty proud I am that I am able to have a spare bed for my friends.
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The Social-Democratic Federation took part in all the political and economic struggles of the English working class; it took pains to bring Socialist views home to them, not only through agitation and propaganda, but also by actions.
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It is guaranteed to put all teeth on edge, including George Washington's, wherever they might be.
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The 'Family Ties' role was the first of many gay roles that I've ended up playing. I remember that I made them laugh, and it made me feel good, 'cause it really cracked them up.
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I always write the pieces I want to write.
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I was brought up by great parents and great grandparents who told me, 'Never, ever think that you're better than anyone else or that what you do is so important that the world won't miss you once you're gone,' and I kind of translate that into the stardom thing.
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I think the leaders inevitably express the people they are leading.
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I was shot at for being a Tamil in Sri Lanka, and then, everyone was calling me a Paki in London, and I'm not even Pakistani.
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Conflict, of course, comes about because of the misuse of power and the clash of ideals, not to mention the inflammatory activities of unscrupulous and bigoted leaders. But it also arises, tragically, from an inability to understand and from the powerful emotions which, out of misunderstanding, lead to distrust and fear.
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The process changes slightly from role to role. Obviously, there are different things you're called on to do. You're not digging deep for Basher Tarr like I was for Paul Rusesabagina, but at the end of the day it's still all make-believe and you still are trying as realistically as you can to depict these characters.
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Fiction makes your dreams come true, and, as a writer, fiction allows you to delve into the area of miracles.
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I make progress by having people around me who are smarter than I am and listening to them. And I assume that everyone is smarter about something than I am.
