Stephen M. Ross Quotes
Real estate development is an economic engine like no other. When we start a project, we create jobs from day one – from the architects and engineers to the hardworking men and women in the construction trades.
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There's a perception out there that the U.K. has become unfriendly to immigrants. Even if that isn't true, the very fact that that is the perception will make people not even want to come.
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What's great about musicals is their energy and go-for-brokeness - stopping the story to sing and dance. How can you not love that?
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How shall the soul of a man be larger than the life he has lived?
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Obama, in pursuit of power, has been as greedy and irresponsible as any Wall Street tycoon in pursuit of money.
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You have to be brave when you've got a kid.
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I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I could only transmit to posterity the reputation of an honest man.
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It is standard practice for corrupt leaders who are seeking a certain political outcome to hype or manipulate a terror threat or a threat of violent domestic subversion. While sometimes the threat is manufactured, frequently the hyped threat is based on a real danger.
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I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear.
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I don't crave Hollywood.
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'Freaky Ali' may look like an easy role to others, but it is not easy.
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I'm not a walking extra in a Chekhov play; I'm no Slavic gloom or Irish gloom.
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Gooseberries aren't just for creamy desserts and pies.
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I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.
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I was so self-critical. I still am, but it's not as bad anymore.
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I lost more then 6 kilograms when I ceased with the top sport. That were all muscles. They are now gone.
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I worked at a job where 90 percent of my coworkers were Spanish-speaking, and some of them were only Spanish-speaking. My rule was if someone came into the office needing something – I worked in HR at the time – they had to bring a Spanish word to teach me. That was the deal.
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I'm always collecting emotions for future reference.
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There are people who will appreciate what I've done, and there will be people who will criticize me. Ultimately history will have the final say.
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As I see it, there are two great forces of human nature: self-interest, and caring for others. Capitalism harnesses self-interest in a helpful and sustainable way, but only on behalf of those who can pay. Government aid and philanthropy channel our caring for those who can't pay. But to provide rapid improvement for the poor we need a system that draws in innovators and businesses in a far better way than we do today.
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I do two months of strict dieting, so after fight night, I go for whatever my body is craving. It's usually sushi. But after that, I go home to Guadalajara and indulge in a lot of tacos before I have to start getting in shape for another fight.
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Evil. Mistrust those who rejoice at it even more than those who do it.
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I'm not the guy in the dress with the blood and the unrequited gay whatever - which, according to my psychiatrist, my gayness is a form of narcissism but you'll have to ask him about that.
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Real estate development is an economic engine like no other. When we start a project, we create jobs from day one – from the architects and engineers to the hardworking men and women in the construction trades.
