J. Anderson Thomson Quotes
It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent…. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.
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I don't think it's necessary to shout if you have a good story. But I also don't think you should shy away from being bold in the statement that you're making.
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I am being embezzled by a monstrous ring of accountants, estate planners and lawyers who are mercilessly slandering me and trying to kill my career and, I believe, murder me in order to gain control of my royalties.
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I have won on Honda and Yamaha so maybe it is interesting to win with a third team, Ducati, who are Italian.
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As an entrepreneur, you tend to see the opportunities where others see none.
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Profit in business comes from repeat customers, customers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them.
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I grew up in the '80s. I was a kid, but all my favorite movies came out of that period.
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Incommensurables cannot be compared.
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Medicine, anything academic, is a very Persian Iranian route to take in life, in one's career.
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It used to hurt me that people thought I didn't have the technique and the temperament to play Test cricket.
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I love bass, I really do. Bass is ace!
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I grew up in a military family. I was moved around from school to school, so people aren't always the most welcoming to new girls in school.
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If we just allowed women and men more leeway in our culture and more acceptance, I think they would be able to make better compromises.
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The English are polite by telling lies. The Americans are polite by telling the truth.
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I do believe the potential for ConnectU was as big as Facebook's, absolutely.
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I'm the only person in this sport, for the most part, that ain't on steroids. Now there's new rules in effect, yeah, you've got guys not on steroids now, but they used to be. They've always been on steroids.
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Whether I'm wearing lots of makeup or no makeup, I'm always the same person inside.
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Accuse a person of breaking all Ten Commandments, and you've written the promo blurb for the dust cover of his tell-all memoir.
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I am ashamed to run against a lady. It's demeaning, very degrading. I have always refused to argue with a lady.
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Much will have to change in Canada if the country is to stay the same.
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What they don't realize is that I'm not in the business to make clothes. I'm not in the business to make more money for myself, for Christ's sake. This is the reason Patagonia exists - to put into action the recommendations I read about in books to avoid environmental collapse. That's the reason I'm in business - to try to clean up our own act, and try to influence other companies to do the right thing, and try to influence our customers to do the right thing. So we're not going to change.
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It is not the literal past, the 'facts' of history, that shape us, but images of the past embodied in language.
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It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent…. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.
