William J. H. Boetcker Quotes
		
	 
	
		
	
	
	
		What the carburetor, sparkplug and self-starter are to an automobile, initiative, private enterprise and executive ability are to industry as a whole, including the wage earner, wage payer, wage spender and wage saver, i.e., the investor. If the sparkplug and self-starter get out of commission, the car will come to a standstill.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				William J. H. Boetcker 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		When I was living in Mexico and writing a book called 'Aztec,' I had to make a deliberate effort to ignore a lot of the 'typically Mexican landscape' around me - banana and citrus groves, roses and carnations, burros and toros - because they did not exist in Mexico in the 15th century, the time of my book. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gary Jennings 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I wanted to be a bull rider when I grew up. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sam Hunt 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Today in the era of globalization there is no such issue as borders between states of the same nation. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Fatos Nano 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If you spend 72 hours in a place you've never been, talking to people whose language you don't speak about social, political, and economic complexities you don't understand, and you come back as the world's biggest know-it-all, you're a reporter. Either that or you're President Obama. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				P. J. O'Rourke 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There really are three types of 'religious' movies: the ones that make fun of it, the ones that vilify it and the ones that literally preach to the converted. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Vera Farmiga 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Edmund Burke 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		The women I gravitate to are the ones who defy convention and reinvent themselves - hence, they reinvent the world around them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Iman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Andy Grammer is probably the closest friend I have in the music industry, so touring with him was just incredible. He's such a soulful, kind guy, and he gives great advice. And he also scares me a lot. He does a lot of pranks. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rachel Platten 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Christmas was always a big holiday in our family. Every Christmas Eve before we'd go to bed, my mom and dad would read to us two or three stories and they would always be 'The Happy Prince,' 'The Gift of the Magi' and 'Twas the Night Before Christmas,' and I would like to keep that alive. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Cameron Mathison 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I find theater very lazy and artificial, and then when it's not, it lacks refinement. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Natasha Tsakos 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The plunder of black communities is not a bump along the road, but it is, in fact, the road itself that you can't have in America without enslavement, without Jim Crow, terrorism, everything that came after that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ta-Nehisi Coates 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The combination of lentils with rice or bulgur is the absolute height of Levantine comfort food. I could eat it every day. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yotam Ottolenghi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I don't believe in God. I do believe in Judaism. I believe in ethics, morals. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Edgar Bronfman, Sr. 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In my iPod, there are many operas, from A to Z. I have 'Aida' and 'Boheme' and 'Butterfly' and 'Cavalleria'. My passion is for opera, but when I'm in the car, I listen to everything. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Andrea Bocelli 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		First of all, the leads aren't the kind of acting work that I like. The parts that are meatier are not the ones that have to have a romance. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Lee Grant 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Bullies have a soft spot, and mean girls have a reason to be that way. It's a matter of understanding why a person is the way they are. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Camila Mendes 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		What the carburetor, sparkplug and self-starter are to an automobile, initiative, private enterprise and executive ability are to industry as a whole, including the wage earner, wage payer, wage spender and wage saver, i.e., the investor. If the sparkplug and self-starter get out of commission, the car will come to a standstill. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				William J. H. Boetcker