Austin Ligon Quotes
Private-equity and hedge-fund guys typically come into a situation of mediocrity, where rapid change may result in a profit.
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I found I could speak louder and was more comfortable if I was doing it in someone else's crazy voice.
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I grew up with my stepfather in Brighton, but I did spend a lot of time with my natural father, and I was loved by both, so I suppose the advantage of this was that I wasn't bound by one set of experiences; I always had an alternative.
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I think the NAACP isn't recognized enough for all of the work it does, especially in the field of law. They may have faded from view over the last couple of decades, but they are fighting the good fight.
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I love the anxiety, the pressure of the loud room full of yapping kids. But I'm a kid myself.
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I just happen to have one of those skill sets that allows me to work in my underwear.
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If I get married again, I want a guy there with a drum to do rimshots during the vows.
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It's fascinating to be in a place where no one has ever heard of me.
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We need to start looking at having a way of managing the whole ecosystem, because you can't pick away at it piece by piece, you have to truly start being coordinated and managing our resources as a system. We haven't gotten to that point yet.
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I'm not comically oriented. I get angry and I start complaining and then people start laughing. I don't even want them to laugh half the time.
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I had all of one nanosecond to savor the news before we had to move on to other problems.
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Man will never be enslaved by machinery if the man tending the machine be paid enough.
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Never allow yourself to dwell upon your weaknesses, deficiencies, or failures. Holding firmly the ideal and struggling vigorously to attain it will help you to realize it.
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I think I'm a million different faces.
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When I'm getting to know someone, I look for someone who has passions that I respect, like his career. Someone who loves what he does is really attractive.
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Fortunately, I was still living in Los Angeles at the time. So I went out to World Gym and got a membership.
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When I said I was going to become a comedian, they all laughed. Well, they're not laughing now, are they?
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There is a level of disrespect for the office that occurs. And that occurs in some cases and maybe even many cases because he is African American. There’s no question about that and it’s the kind of thing nobody ever says but everybody’s thinking it.
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Women are special custodians of all that is pure and religious in life.
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The virtuous man is driven by responsibility, the non-virtuous man is driven by profit.
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We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of. This is a logical result of the way in which our democratic society is organized. Vast numbers of human beings must cooperate in this manner if they are to live together as a smoothly functioning society.
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I come from a fragmented society. A country proud to serve as a bridge between Europe and Asia yet unable to bridge its own differences.
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Private-equity and hedge-fund guys typically come into a situation of mediocrity, where rapid change may result in a profit.
