Stephen Pagliuca Quotes
Boston is really a small town, and the pro sports here are almost like a college sport.
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A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
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The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out.
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Mostly, I don't write overtly personal stuff.
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The stage of the development of the productive forces determines the political and ideological superstructure of society which are crystallized into a system of social organization.
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Anytime you get to work with an actor who is beyond you in experience and talent, I feel like they make you a better actor. You really bring up your game.
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Between Prince and my dad's fusion-jazz records, I didn't have a choice in being funky.
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True love is selfless. It is prepared to sacrifice.
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I've never been a huge sweets eater, and I've always loved a Mediterranean diet. We eat a lot of dark leafy greens, and a couple meals each week are meat-free. We enjoy eating a balanced diet.
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I had a lot of fun in Cambodia, much more so in Cambodia than Vietnam.
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If you're in a conversation with me, the last thing I'll probably say when I'm walking away is, 'Thank you and sorry.'
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Let blockheads read what blockheads wrote.
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The man that got me into collecting sneakers in the first place was the man they call Michael Jordan. He was the one who kind of exposed me to the sneaker world - he was my favorite basketball player, and he had the best shoes.
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Now there are certain things you have to prepare - like dialect and special skills. But in the moment, interaction between two characters on the page doesn't need - for me, I don't need to prepare that.
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I am primarily concerned with the condition of man.
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Embrace your weirdness!
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Changing the DNA of a large, multilateral organization such as the United Nations to deal effectively with modern threats is not easy. Indeed, when the United Nations was created in the wake of World War II, threats came almost exclusively from one state carrying out acts of aggression against another.
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I've gotten over that by now. But I remember the first time reading the book, I was like, 'Wait, Jacob's been trying to get Bella this entire time, and he strikes out, so he goes for her child?' I was so confused. It took me a second.
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I envision a day when a businesswoman will be having lunch, and then her phone will ring. When she opens it up, she will see an image of the latest Marc Jacobs coat that just arrived in stock. With a click of a button, she can purchase it and then find it waiting for her when she gets back to her office.
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I think it all started with Nina Simone. When I was maybe seven or eight, I used to listen to one of her albums every night before I went to sleep. For me, her voice was everything.
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I always say it's very difficult when you're tackling something like 'Spider-Man' or 'Batman' that has been done so many times before.
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Baseball, like Pericles' Athens (or any other good society), is simultaneously democratic and aristrocratic. Anyone can enjoy it, but the more you apply yourself, the more you enjoy it.
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In football, like in life, you must learn to play within the rules of the game.
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Boston is really a small town, and the pro sports here are almost like a college sport.
