Mickey Drexler Quotes
Every single day, I'm curious about everything. Curiosity is finding answers to things.
Quotes to Explore
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An egg white omelet with vegetables is one of my favorite breakfasts.
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Why is it that our young kids all across America can solve the most complex problems in a video game involving executive decision making and analytical thinking, yet we accept the fact that they can't add or read?
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Vox populi vox dei: the voice of the people is the voice of God. The slogan was useful for those who first attempted to substitute the people for God as the source of political authority. Their attempt was ultimately so successful that God no longer seems to be needed in government.
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The only thing simple about the past is that it's not now.
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I do this thing with my daughter - I put my hand on her face and shake her head, but really affectionately. But I didn't think, and I did that to Flea.
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You need to get down among the people who are the dirtiest and dustiest, and the depravity, and you need to see Christ's light shining there.
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Both 'The Daily Show' and 'The Colbert Report,' you're working with the best. When you work with the best, you have to raise your game. If you're working with people who are sub par, you're not forced to give 100 percent because you can get by on 80 percent.
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When our backs are on the wall, that's the time when we enjoy having fun, relax out there, do our thing, don't get the pressure on, see the results, day by day, game by game.
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A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.
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You don't want to treat any one person as oracular.
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You'd have to be an idiot to say no to 'Hunger Games.'
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People are scared to death of dying. I am the opposite.
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All our forms are unique - movies, music and literature - and you have to leave the person who is doing it to do their best.
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It needs to be said and heard: it's OK to be who you are.
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I'm constantly amazed that owners and managers of all businesses don't train their people to call the person who pays by credit card by name. It definitely makes the customer feel good and will be a factor in bringing them back to your place of business.
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In the White House, you can be on the pitcher's mound or you can be in the catcher's position. Put points on the board. Show people you can govern. Deliver on what you said you were going to deliver on.
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Tony Blair is a war criminal, and I think he should be tried as a war criminal. Then I see Bono and him as pals, and I'm going, 'I don't like that.' Do I think George Bush is a war criminal? Probably - but the difference between him and Tony Blair is that Blair is intelligent. So, he has no excuse.
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I have a deep compassion for the idea that it's okay to be myself. The idea that anything 'other' is bad and wrong and broken is so wildly off base.
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I was a gymnast for years.
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One out of four hundred and thirty-five members of the House is not going to transform the culture of the institution, but we've got to start somewhere.
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If you are nice, and keep your promise, we will be in paradise.
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All has been looted, betrayed, sold; black death's wing flashed ahead.
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Every single day, I'm curious about everything. Curiosity is finding answers to things.
