Stuart Rose (Stuart Alan Ransom Rose) Quotes
I am the largest market shareholder of clothing in the UK and I am not a destination shop for food. If the clothing market is affected - and it has been - and I hold my market share mathematically, then fine, I am doing no worse than the market is doing, which is exactly the case, but I'm losing revenue.
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Kate Moss has great style.
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I know many writers who first dictate passages, then polish what they have dictated. I speak, then I polish - occasionally I do windows.
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There's some quality you get when you're not totally comfortable. When you're not doing what you're used to, you could completely fall on your face. You could completely blow it.
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Writing is a solitary profession; you are really alone when you write. Then the emotions become well shaped and distinct. But their transition into words must be done deliberately and with rigid artistry.
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I am Lebanese, and I know the interests of my country.
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The differences between a tart, a pie and a quiche are a blur.
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I've been ripped for being too sensitive, but I do think people need to walk in another person's shoes before they accuse them of being too sensitive.
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I have nothing but contempt for Gadhafi. I'm not a Gadhafi supporter in any way. However, it's not clear to me that it's a vital and compelling national security objective of the United States that we ought to use military force to remove him from power. He's not the only unpleasant and unsavory dictator in the world.
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Each one of my budgets has taken a meat axe to foreign aid, because I think we ought to quit sending it to countries that hate us.
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I've had such an odd career.
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I think sometimes my controlling instincts came out of a fear of other people.
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No one man is superior to the game.
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My parents were hippies. I'm the eldest of eight children.
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I must go deeper and even stronger into my treasure mine and stint nothing of time, toil, or torture.
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Impropriety is the soul of wit.
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It's important to keep your power and not give it up.
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Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable.
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Status based on wealth is an old-fashioned idea; I find it repugnant, actually.
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Half of the failures in life come from pulling one's horse when he is leaping.
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When you torture a person for long periods you might get a very passionate human rights defender but most probably you will get a beast whose only concern is to seek his revenge in the best way possible.
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It has become harder and harder to find books on a monthly basis that I feel absolutely compelled to share, .. I will continue featuring books on the 'Oprah Winfrey Show' when I feel they merit my heartfelt recommendation.
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I am the largest market shareholder of clothing in the UK and I am not a destination shop for food. If the clothing market is affected - and it has been - and I hold my market share mathematically, then fine, I am doing no worse than the market is doing, which is exactly the case, but I'm losing revenue.
