Mohamed Al-Fayed Quotes
You look after yourself. You believe in God. And if people want to drag you down, you fight that, and you keep on fighting.
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If I can create some space that people haven't experienced before and if it stays with them or gives them a dream for the future, that's the kind of structure I seek to create.
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I think that I have self esteem issues, really. If you really analyse it... People who really like me I have no interest in. The unattainable is always that I want to attain.
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Black people must address itself to the causes of poverty. That's oppression in this country.
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When people take advantage of you and make a business out of it, that's not nice.
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When I used to go to Elvis's house was always a nightmare trying to get into the house because of so many fans outside the gate and he really couldn't go anywhere without sneaking in or doing something because people just wanted to be around him and to be with him.
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I don't know what impression you might have of the way I live. I live in a quiet place. I do not live as a hermit, though other people would prefer it if I did.
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I firmly believe that we can protect taxpayer dollars, bus drivers' jobs, and the safety of our students. We just need a mayor who actually cares about all three.
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Dementia is such a terrifying thing for all of us, and we are particularly bad at coping with old people in this country.
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When you go out of your country and meet people, you get a wider perspective.
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I want everybody to run at the same speed as me. But some people are more conscientious, they think more and they plan more. And they're more careful.
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One of the most beautiful things in the world I've ever seen or heard is people laughing, even when there seems to be so little reason for them to laugh.
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My face is not perfect. Because my nose is not sharp, many people suggested I should get my nose done.
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My dad is like a cactus - introverted and tough. I'm a people person, like my mom, but I got my competitiveness from my dad. He came to this country from Belarus with nothing and built a real business. He's my hero for giving me that need to run a business and for having enormous confidence in me.
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People have told me about organized crime in the fashion industry, but I can't talk about that. I'm looking to stay alive.
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I admire a lot of people, but in terms of sport I've always loved the mentality of Tiger Woods on a golf course. I always love his eyes when he's setting himself and focusing on his decision; he has a really strong, focused face and believes that he can make the shot.
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When Facebook famously moved out to Palo Alto, there were people in the same house Facebook was based in working on different ideas. It is vital to remember that.
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There is no week nor day nor hour when tyranny may not enter upon this country, if the people lose their roughness and spirit of defiance.
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Science fiction is essentially a kind of fiction in which people learn more about how to live in the real world, visiting imaginary worlds unlike our own in order to investigate, by way of pleasurable thought-experiments, how things might be done differently.
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I started to be much happier in my relationships when I realized that I can only control myself. That way, you don't worry about people and don't waste your time thinking, 'What if he cheats on me?' You can't control that.
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White folks, no matter how well-meaning or open-minded, have no true idea what it's like to be black in America. That's not a slam against white people or an accusation of latent bigotry. But the fact is that we all live in an Anglo-dominated society.
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Because I am really interested in gardening, I do really interesting plants, not even always flowers. And because I have grown them, I really know them like friends. I paint everything from exotic orchids to rosehips growing wild in a hedge. They just have to speak to me.
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I stayed a virgin until I was 23. I didn't do drugs or drink or smoke.
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I definitely went through a phase where I wanted to be a fashion designer when I was younger... But I certainly wasn't very good at it.
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You look after yourself. You believe in God. And if people want to drag you down, you fight that, and you keep on fighting.
