Wilbur Ross Quotes
I'm pro-trade, but I'm pro-sensible trade, not pro-trade that is to the disadvantage of the American worker.
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I've done some really weird gigs. The ones where no one turned up - they're probably not the interesting ones to talk about. I played some pretty random ones in L.A. I signed to play all-R&B nights or an all-comedy night where I'd be the only white person there. They were fun.
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When you're starting a new business, you don't need to know much about it. A lot of the work is blocking and tackling - it's the same type of stuff no matter what sector you're in.
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You have to decide who you are going to serve - stockholders or your customers.
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I don't go to places where I'm going to get mobbed.
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I used to draw and make plastic figurines and watch 'Wallace and Gromit' films.
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I want to keep pushing my boundaries. One of the biggest things I learned from 'Unbroken' is that you can go a lot further than you think you can. We often underestimate our actual capabilities.
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I went to dance classes from 9 in the morning until 1, then to school from 3 to 10 at night, always under the threat that if I failed a single course I could forget about dancing.
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Fame is a lot of fun, but it's not interesting. I loved being noticed and praised, even the banquets. But they didn't have anything that I wanted. After about six months, I found it boring.
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I'm not a foodie - I'm an eater: I'm hungry.
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You can believe that he was taught to love and respect all mankind - but to fear no man.
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I think Captain Cousteau might be the father of the environmental movement.
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Guitar solos bore the hell out of me. Only a few guitarists interest me, and it's not about the solos they play, it's about the grooves they create.
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We are all born with God-given, unique traits and skills. But, as with all possibilities they will remain unrealized unless they are developed, nurtured, and put into practice. You may have the 'capacity' to love, but if left undeveloped, you will never gain the 'ability.'
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That's my responsibility. Obviously we wanted to be much more productive than what we were in the playoffs. We always each year try and look real hard at everything, and that'll be one of the things we look real hard at is, offensively, how can we do a better job.
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If I have to go somewhere else, a lot of things are going to have to be changed or you're going to have an unhappy player, If I'm not happy, you don't want me on your team. It's that simple. I'll make that known to anybody.
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I do think that what's wonderful in life is that we gain perspective as we take on different roles that are mind and heart opening.
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There had to be dark and muddy waters so that the sun could have something to background it's flashing glory.
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Sometimes I wonder what will be the air conditioning of my dying days. What thing will they add that will make it impossible to be uncomfortable? Because I do assume that as an old person, I will be very comfortable. There will be something - a drug or some way to impact the air around me - that when I relax, I'm gonna feel great. So I do look forward to that.
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It's also important, particularly for privileged kids, to involve them in charitable activities. It's a way of raising consciousness for your kids so they don't get totally sucked into the materialism and celebrity culture.
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I am early in my story, but I believe I will stretch out into eternity, and in heaven I will reflect upon these early days, these days when it seemed God was down a dirt road, walking toward me. Years ago He was a swinging speck in the distance; now He is close enough I can hear His singing. Soon I will see the lines on His face.
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Conversations consist for the most part of things one does not say.
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... people miss a great deal by being sensible.
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I'm pro-trade, but I'm pro-sensible trade, not pro-trade that is to the disadvantage of the American worker.
