Mike Quade Quotes
It's the age-old thing - it's such a cliche - but why worry about things you have no control over?
Quotes to Explore
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I am a romantic, and I think dates are wonderful. I like quirky and fun things. Like going for a bike ride or for a pedicure together.
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I'm not a good guitar player.
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I try and sit on the fence because as soon as you voice any kind of opinion, people begin to think you're an idiot.
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I am forever grateful for 'Cheers.'
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I've got a bunch of books... I rely on funny books and movies to cheer me up. Oh, but I must say, I do have the world's most perfect husband, so a cuddle from him always cheers me up. He's a good guy.
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Before 2000, we were unable to design a single car; all the cars were designed in Japan, Europe or somewhere else. We were just converting.
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You have to stay alert. You've got to keep raising your game.
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We can't stop anybody from doing what they want to do.
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Romantic love is mental illness. But it's a pleasurable one. It's a drug. It distorts reality, and that's the point of it. It would be impossible to fall in love with someone that you really saw.
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It is very hard to not be able to engage with people in a real and honest way because they either want something from me, or they see me as something that I simply am not.
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In the past Berlin was much more radical and extreme and now it's becoming much more of a conventional European city.
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Morality must relate, at some level, to the well-being of conscious creatures. If there are more and less effective ways for us to seek happiness and to avoid misery in this world - and there clearly are - then there are right and wrong answers to questions of morality.
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Nothing embitters my old age like the circulation of absurd stories that I retire as civilization advances, that I shun the white men and seek the Indians, and that now even when old, I seek to retire beyond the second Alleganies.
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Every sentence stands on its own. Whether that's fair or not, that's kind of the way it is.
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I did my first apprenticeship when I was 15, then joined the union when I was 17. I worked every summer in high school and college.
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I started at GM knowing very little about that particular business. Not being an expert means you have to learn everything, starting from the basics.
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My point is, if you want to achieve anything in life, it is not enough to merely wish for it. You must develop that kind of 4:30 AM discipline that distinguishes you from others.
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Making clever speeches takes a lot of work and a lot of time.
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I'm from a working-class background, and I've experienced that worry of not having a job next week because the unions are going on strike.
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I am making things that inspire me with a profound emotion and I am trying to paint them honestly.
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The word 'modern' is a cliche.
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I learned my values. It's better to be poor than to be beholden. Wealth is not the object of life. You should be polite as long as possible, and when you can't be polite anymore, don't run.
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It's the age-old thing - it's such a cliche - but why worry about things you have no control over?
