Alfred Kahn Quotes
Whenever competition is feasible it is, for all its imperfections, superior to regulation as a means of serving the public interest.Alfred Kahn
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Courage is found in unlikely places.
J. R. R. Tolkien -
I'm going to be acting all my life. But, while doing that, I will try to avoid the trappings of fame.
Randeep Hooda -
I will negotiate with my worst enemy.
Gavin Newsom -
Writing is always a restorative process. It's like paddling a kayak. When you're writing, you can't do anything else. You're in the space you're in. So, in that way, it's enormously centering and restorative.
Tabitha King -
We'd all like to believe that perhaps people could stop killing each other.
Ralph Fiennes -
I am very proud of Jim Leiken. He has worked with me for six years and has been patient enough to learn the ropes. He's now matured into a true chef and is working on building his team.
Daniel Boulud
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There's so many documentaries out there right now and everything's exposing wrestling.
Owen Hart -
The real end winner of NAFTA is going to be Mexico because we have the human capital. We have that resource that is vital to the success of the U.S. economy.
Vicente Fox -
There is not enough funding for basic sciences in India. We have to invest in a big way, and I am pushing that idea.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam -
I would say that Cynthia Nixon is somebody I admire, and Toni Collette as well. Those women - their work inspires me, whatever they do.
Alice Ripley -
For me, 'The Social Network' isn't about Facebook. It certainly isn't about how people use it. It's about a flawed character and his pursuit of that grand idea that defines him and validates his life and how far he'll go to get it, and the repercussions that come as a result of that - what he gives up in the process.
Trent Reznor Nine Inch Nails -
I'm working relentlessly at becoming a better fighter than I was yesterday. I think I've really shown that I'm a more evolved fighter these days than I've ever been.
Alistair Overeem
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Islamic fundamentalism is attacking us at home.
Marine Le Pen -
I'm incredibly competitive in all sports in a way that is so mystifying to my wife because she grew up playing the violin and piano. I've always been like that.
Geoff Dyer -
I may look like the girl next door, but you wouldn't want to live next door to me.
Elisabeth Shue -
It was an experience that was exceptional. People frequently ask what it was like and it truly was inspiring. Sometimes during his lifetime, people would try and put him on a pedestal and that's not where he wanted to be, but he was really a great individual.
John Sexton -
I was able to convince my body that I could take it and nobody could hurt me. I might've gotten cut, stitches over my eyes. Broken nose. Broken hands. But I never really got hurt.
Jake LaMotta -
What a name – Pyotr Frankis. I wondered who had made it up for him. Pyotr Frankis, Jascha – Slavs all over the place, it would seem. Just like my great-grandmother. I felt for her in my mind about the same way you’d feel for a stray piece of food in your mouth with your tongue, but as usual, I had no sense of her beyond a particularly intense memory.
Pat Cadigan
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In Jamaica High School in New York, my coach was Larry Ellis, and he said I could probably make the Olympic team. He gave me something to shoot for.
Bob Beamon -
Have you seen the roses? There's a whole lot of colours.
Syd Barrett Pink Floyd -
I have no interest in directing. I'd be a bad director.
Michael Ritchie -
Whenever competition is feasible it is, for all its imperfections, superior to regulation as a means of serving the public interest.
Alfred Kahn