Steve Burke (Stephen B. Burke) Quotes
I'm a very competitive person... I've run 12 marathons! I kayaked around Manhattan 29 miles in October! I ran the Berkshire Hathaway 5K! And I want every part of the business to compete - and play to win.
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You have to interpret what's hot to make it work on yourself. If tweed suits are in, but you're not a suit kind of girl, wear the jacket with jeans and a pair of Converses.
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I don't like to run. You will not see me running on a treadmill ever. Ever! I like boxing, though, so if I can go to the gym and box for 30 minutes, I will.
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One has to be fully committed to one's career. Otherwise, there's no point.
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What is Art? It is the response of man's creative soul to the call of the Real.
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When I was elected, I was the youngest member of the Tennessee congressional delegation; now, I'm one of the oldest. In fact, I have members of my staff who weren't even born when I took office. That tells me it's time for a new chapter.
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I realized that equipment really had little to do with why I sound like the way I sound.
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I first went to India because of my interest in yoga, hoping to go to the Iyengar Centre in Pune for a while. That didn't work out, but I ended up on a beach in Goa, writing.
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My style has been pretty much like a newspaper. It's got politics in it, it's got media, sports, family relations, you know, all the sections you would expect, and wonderful religion things.
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I was born on TV, meaning that's where I caught my break. So that's where I always have to be smart and revisit that medium as much as I can.
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The nature of an ensemble means when you're a supporting character and not the lead character, you get little tidbits here and there, but you're usually there to provide bits of comic relief and little bits of action or something.
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Why would you want to be be counseled in your grief? It's too private.
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All I have to do is to work on transition and technique.
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I should be concentrating on writing pages.
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I think it would be hard to go the distance in this business without a sense of humor.
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The condition which high friendship demands is ability to do without it.
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For the first time in human history the psychology that is a prerequisite for intimacy has become the psychology that is a prerequisite for species survival.
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Forget the telly, we just go to the crib, watch a movie in the Jacuzzi and smoke Ls while you do me.
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Learn not only to find what you like, learn to like what you find.
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You've got to take the hems down, especially past 50. I don't care how good your legs are.
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Humor can inform and break down stigma, which is a huge issue in the military.
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Economic policy is like business - it's all about compromise.
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...a man does not die for business, but for ideals.
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Each pineapple plant produces only one fruit per year. It can take up to two years for the pineapple to ripen, and it's important to wait, because once it's picked, it can't ripen any further. The unripe pineapple is not only horrible tasting but poisonous.
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I'm a very competitive person... I've run 12 marathons! I kayaked around Manhattan 29 miles in October! I ran the Berkshire Hathaway 5K! And I want every part of the business to compete - and play to win.
