Michael Corbat Quotes
We adopted a focused strategy of core businesses in Citicorp that play to our unique historic strengths as a global bank that will provide strong growth and attractive returns over the long-term... And we've identified non-core assets we have shed.
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My parents have a strong work ethic, but their attitude to life, their philosophy, is: 'whatever makes you happy.'
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I've never been conscious of having any real career plan, and I do not have a wish-list of actors, directors, screenwriters, or cameramen I'm hoping to work with. Life, I feel, has a way of leading us to the right situations and people, or at least to interesting ones.
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Everybody goes through a phase of fatigue, and I am no different. Re-inventing yourself in your profession is the key to deal with fatigue.
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At 3 years old, I was imitating and doing fun little commercials for the family. Then at 5, I knew, 'OK, this is something I really like.' At 8, I was crying in front of the mirror and my mom was like, 'Oh boy, here we go. We know what she's going to do.'
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My quality of life here in Quebec City is extraordinary.
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Most of leaders in Philippine politics come from rich family.
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The best way to direct kids is to be natural and honest.
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She gave the lie to the European superstition - chiefly a missionary superstition - that the women of the East are downtrodden.
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So much time and so little to say..
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Has anyone actually asked the customer if they want to have something available directly after the show? You hear that three bags are going to be released tomorrow in five shops, so you produce 15 bags. How many customers are you going to satisfy with that? Fifteen!
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There are an infinite number of boring things to do in science.
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It's just terrible: I miss flights all the time, more than I probably catch one.
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Every day is another something that comes along.
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We had this party in New York, and there were a lot of gay men there dressed up as the characters. I showed up just looking like myself, but it was a real case of shame. They looked so fantastic. We could never quite live up to it.
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Cobb lived off the field as though he wished to live forever. He lived on the field as though it was his last day.
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I don't think you can be a comic book fan and not hate change.
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When I was small, I thought I was just cooler than my mom because of how foreign she is. She's really foreign. You'd think it would kill her to get store-bought snacks, she's that foreign.
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Big, big movies are in 3D, but we haven't reached a point yet where that's just what a movie is.
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We see that coming back in the fourth quarter and going on into next year.
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There is no God. There's no heaven. There's no hell. There are no angels. When you die, you go in the ground, the worms eat you.
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The fun for me is to mix it all up. I would actually like to do something as far away from what I've just done, just for my own personal joy and growth, for what I want to do.
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All of WhatsApp's growth has come from happy customers encouraging their friends to try the service.
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Caring about others, running the risk of feeling, and leaving an impact on people, brings happiness.
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We adopted a focused strategy of core businesses in Citicorp that play to our unique historic strengths as a global bank that will provide strong growth and attractive returns over the long-term... And we've identified non-core assets we have shed.
