Nathan Sawaya Quotes
I have about 4 million Lego bricks. And then a few million in storage in case something comes up. I still pay for them. I buy my bricks just like everyone else. It's by far my biggest capital expense.
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I'm a capitalist but one who is smallist and localist, and who favours businesses where owners are still in charge.
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I think it's more important than ever to be as vocal as I can be about things I believe in outside of music.
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When I was in college, I studied business because I thought I wanted to be a director and producer.
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In a democracy, allegations will never improve situations. So, I'm against allegations, but I always welcome criticism.
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I don't ever remember a single day of hopelessness. I knew from the history of the labor movement, especially of the black people, that it was an undertaking of great trial. That, live or die, I had to stick with it, and we had to win.
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I don't pretend to be anything but an actor and a writer.
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There has to be a global mission of human progress.
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I try to read as much as I can. I try to read an informative article every day. I try to stay read up on our world issues.
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I only got interested in radio once I talked my way into an internship at NPR's headquarters in Washington, D.C. in 1978, never having heard the network on the air.
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Beauty is also submitted to the taste of time, so a beautiful woman from the Belle Epoch is not exactly the perfect beauty of today, so beauty is something that changes with time.
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The men and women of my generation are heirs to that great collective success which has been admired worldwide and of which we are so proud. It is now up to us to pass it on to the coming generations.
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What hasn't Barbie been? I don't think I can create an occupation that she has not done yet.
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When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others.
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All my songs are where I am.
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So if Arizona sees the federal government isn't assuming its responsibilities, it creates local laws. But migration and keeping security on the borders is not a local or state issue, it's a federal issue.
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You don't become the leading spinner of the team by just talking. You have to perform well consistently over a long period of time. I have bowled well and won games for India. That is why I am the No. 1 spinner. Every time I have taken the field, I have given my 100%.
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You have to get comfortable giving up control, and you find people who do things better than you do. Quora now does better with the team we have built.
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I'm the worst employer I could wish for because I push myself hard.
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The best part of being a vegan is the purity and peace of mind one experiences and the strong connection I feel to the animal kingdom.
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I just grew up a poor black kid in Alabama with a single mom and two brothers.
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My parents had this relationship that was really terrifying. I mean, the level of hatred that they had, and the level of physical abuse - my mother would beat up my father, basically - and I think I was drawn to images on television that were bright and reflective.
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Men rush to California and Australia as if the true gold were to be found in that direction; but that is to go to the very opposite extreme to where it lies. They go prospecting farther and farther away from the true lead, and are most unfortunate when they think themselves most successful.
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All objects lose by too familiar a view.
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I have about 4 million Lego bricks. And then a few million in storage in case something comes up. I still pay for them. I buy my bricks just like everyone else. It's by far my biggest capital expense.
