Thomas A. Edison Quotes
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The prevailing - and foolish - attitude is that a good manager can be a good manager anywhere, with no special knowledge of the production process he's managing. A man with a financial background may know nothing about manufacturing shoes or cars, but he's put in charge anyway.
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I enjoy shopping and going on holiday.
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What is art? Art talks about life; it's subversive.
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Histories are to educate so that we understand better for ourselves and for motivation.
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I used to be the best comic actor in my batch. Everyone knew that my comic timing was impeccable.
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There is no compromise when it comes to corruption. You have to fight it.
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It is so expensive to take care of my hair and keep it looking like I was born with it, when my real hair is the color of rat fur.
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Little by little he came to recognize the difference between the spirits that agitated him, one from the enemy and one from God.
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Our new pro-growth tax policy will be like a shot of adrenaline into the heart of the Kansas economy.
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I firmly believe caretaking the soul is incredibly important for happiness.
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Writing is, by its nature, interior work. So being forced to be around people is a great gift for a novelist. You get to be reminded, daily, of how people think, how they speak, how they live; the things they worry about, the things they hope for, the things they fear.
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When you're watching television, you don't want to watch a show where everything just works out. You don't want to see a relationship that's just blossoming and everyone's happy and sunshine and roses all the time. That's also not true in life.
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If you don't know much about the field, you're able to ask a set of questions that an expert would never ask, and that allows you a very different thought process and a fresh approach.
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I'm not into nostalgia, and I only look back to find lessons.
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In the end, the actor's main power is the power to say, 'No.'
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I love fashion and there is no easier way to express yourself than through the clothes you wear.
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I love the smell of Burger King when I ride past, but sometimes I have to avoid it.
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For me, the idea of curating can be expanded. Curating science, curating art, music and theater and performance and not only bring those things into art but bring art into those areas.
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We don't get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really excellent. Because this is our life. Life is brief, and then you die, you know? So this is what we've chosen to do with our life. We could be sitting in a monastery somewhere in Japan. We could be out sailing. Some of the team could be playing golf. They could be running other companies. And we've all chosen to do this with our lives. So it better be damn good. It better be worth it. And we think it is.
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I see myself as a problem solver, creating solutions.
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When models started getting skinnier in the nineties and were becoming sick-looking, I didn't get it! I think that's sending a totally wrong message.
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At school, a few people know that I'm over here. I don't know about everybody, professors, curling people and a few kids in class.
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My best jokes are so cheap. All I do is say things sarcastically.
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Life's most soothing things are a child's goodnight and sweet music.
