Harold Simmons Quotes
Money brings a lot of responsibility as to what you're going to do with it, and I've given quite a bit of thought to that.
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My career is a black comedy of sorts. I spent a lot of time explaining myself to various different groups. But more and more, I'm finding that the desire to communicate, which all these audiences share, is a powerful thing.
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In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience.
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I am absolutely and inherently self-destructive in that I am always making sure I'm doing what I want to do.
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When one sings, one does not speak about the problems of the every day. One speaks about the things which inspire us, which helped us.
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When you're a teenager, everything seems like the end of the world, and I don't think that's necessarily a silly thing. You're waking up and becoming aware that the world has problems and those problems affect you, whereas when you're young they don't seem to affect you that much even if you're aware of them.
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I think the really cool and compelling thing about math and physics is that it opens up entry to all these hypotheticals - or at least, it gives you the language to talk about them. But at the same time, if a scenario is completely disconnected from reality, it's not all that interesting.
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As a child, I always liked dressing up and getting into character, and actors are lucky in being able to retain that playfulness, though we do seem to find it hard to grow up.
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I think the attraction to Israeli women stems from the fact that we're exotic and the fact that there are many talented and beautiful women in Israel. I think that there is also greater awareness of Israel than before in the movie industry.
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I never give advice unless someone asks me for it. One thing I've learned, and possibly the only advice I have to give, is to not be that person giving out unsolicited advice based on your own personal experience.
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The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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India happens to be a rich country inhabited by very poor people.
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America believes what's good for us is good for the world. It's very difficult to understand that that's not necessarily true.
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My issue with campaign finance is 100 percent disclosure. Wear a suit with patches from your big contributors. Depending on the size of the contribution, that's how big the patch should be.
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Every single job is a challenge. You are walking into a new set, a new character, creating a world and trying to get comfortable to do your best work.
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I rarely cook traditional risotto, but I love other grains cooked similarly - barley, spelt or split wheat. I find they have more character than rice and absorb other flavours more wholeheartedly.
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The thing about the Internet is that you can write something... for a very narrow audience and make a living at it.
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People I respect complimenting me on my work in fashion is more exciting to me than anything I ever achieved as a Spice Girl.
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I think I have been very lucky as far as my acting career goes.
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I worked at Starbucks when I was 16... It was all right.
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Write your own songs. It helps you to mean what you're singing, which will then make it mean something to listeners.
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The first calculators tended to sell for $400 or $500. Today, you can get a pretty good one for 4 or $5.
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Find what you love and find a way to make that part of your every day. You have to find the confidence to take certain risks. You're going to hear a lot of no's before you get to the yes'. It's important to have that confidence to overcome that and know it's part of trying to grow something big.
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I think that in the last four or five years I've constantly struggled with the balance in my life.
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Money brings a lot of responsibility as to what you're going to do with it, and I've given quite a bit of thought to that.
