Steve Wynn (Stephen Alan Wynn) Quotes
In business or in life, focus on the things over which you do have some control. And don't fret about all the other problems. Most of the time, they don't come true anyway!
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Well, you know, I was through the whole of the Second World War and saw all my friends killed.
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But as a young kid, I never did, really have an ambition to be a farmer. I never thought, gee, I would like to farm, and I want to raise these crops. I didn't quite know what I wanted to do.
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All the things that happen to people in the industry today, the actors, what they have to put up with, all the people wanting to know every single moment of their lives - I think it's really sad.
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We are all hungry and thirsty for concrete images. Abstract art will have been good for one thing: to restore its exact virginity to figurative art.
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I don't think good and evil are polarized.
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I consider everybody who takes themselves seriously to be a little bit off. And Silicon Valley seems to be the most effusive about how important their contributions are to society.
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Mentorship is really important. I really like to talk to people who have been in the music industry much longer than me about artists' block, things I'm struggling with, or the music business. It's really important for artists to have a community. Sometimes you can feel quite isolated.
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And a democracy can't exist without free speech and the right to assemble. And that's what Americans tend to forget. And they're born into a culture where they take all of their freedoms for granted.
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During the Cold War, the U.S. instituted a policy of sending money to governments in poor countries to buy their political loyalty. While studies show that sending aid to foreign governments creates allegiance, it does not lead to economic progress.
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I am the worlds laziest writer.
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It is users that are driving the networks with innovations on top of the networks and with innovations in the devices space. This is very healthy.
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Survival can be summed up in three words - never give up. That's the heart of it really. Just keep trying.
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The beautiful uncut hair of graves.
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To the youth who have taken up guns, I urge them to return to their parents and shun violence.
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As a kid, there was a painting of 'Appeal to the Great Spirit' that I would see when I would get oatmeal bowls out of the cupboard. This painting, it was so real to me that it frightened me.
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I grew up studying music. I went to conservatory.
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Fractal geometry is not just a chapter of mathematics, but one that helps Everyman to see the same world differently.
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Three years ago he was an honest, self-denying youth, ready to devote himself to every good cause; now he was a corrupt and refined egotist, given over to personal enjoyment. … And all this terrible transformation took place in him only because he ceased to have faith in himself, and began to believe in others.
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The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes.
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Strong automotive and enterprise sales and the positive impact of our expanded license agreement with Microsoft more than offset the loss of revenue from the former devices and services business.
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When I started running for Congress, it actually took me by surprise that so many people were fascinated with me being the first Muslim in Congress.
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Martyrdom was the price of enthusiasm for acting.
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In business or in life, focus on the things over which you do have some control. And don't fret about all the other problems. Most of the time, they don't come true anyway!
