Amby Burfoot Quotes
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I always saw myself as a large stockholder trying to make a difference. I wasn't raiding anybody.
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I'd be kidding if I said that I predicted the financial collapse.
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There's always hunger to create because I believe that's what I do. I believe that's what I'm supposed to be doing.
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When I was younger, I was insecure for about 10 years: I wore glasses, had a cow's lick, buck teeth and braces. I looked ridiculous.
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All too many Muslims fail to grasp Islam, which teaches one to be lenient towards others and to understand their value systems, knowing that these are tolerated by Islam as a religion.
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'Moby-Dick' has a remarkable way of resonating with whatever is going on in the world at that particular moment.
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Religion may be defined thus: a belief in, and homage rendered to, existences unseen and causes unknown.
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As athletes, we all have egos, we all think we can help, and when you're not given that chance, it's hard to watch.
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My first tour I was on the road for 18 months. You're just out there promoting.
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You can never quit. Winners never quit, and quitters never win.
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I've directed enough in the theatre and a couple of films to know that - to feel fairly secure that if I find a story that I really like I can probably get it done somewhat.
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It was psychobabbler Abraham Maslow who wrote of the phenomena of self-actualization. What Maslow failed to grasp is that reaching true self-actualization can only be ultimately achieved when you have your own brand of ammunition.
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You can't impose a legacy.
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We all wish we could be in more than one place at the same time. People with families feel guilty all the time-if we spend too much time with our family, we feel we're not working hard enough.
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It is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises-but only performance is reality.
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I feel it was just a few years ago I was running around in short pants.
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My idea of artistry has always been 'try everything until you find out what works.'
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Williams really does feel like a family, and I have built up very good relationships with people here; in fact, some of my best friends work for Williams. A friendly atmosphere can really help on the track as well because I feel like I can communicate freely with the team.
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Golf seems to be an arduous way to go for a walk. I prefer to take the dog's out.
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Bran felt terribly sorry for his sisters, but it was hardly his fault that the world was so determined to make girls suffer a great deal more than boys. He hadn’t built the world. It had nothing to do with him.
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Ideas come mostly bottoms-up. They come when you have a free flow of ideas and you have people able to combine multiple ideas into one concept... And you've got to have competition, too. You've got to say, 'We're going to have 10 different ideas, nine of them are going to fail, and the one that does the best is going to move forward.'
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I've never done anything like 'Brotherhood' before. It was a great challenge to take up a part in a live audience sitcom - it was amazing.
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I like to imagine, if I was in the 1930s and was rich and a psychopathic killer, I probably would be moving about very freely and having a lot of fun.
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To get to the finish line, you'll have to try lots of different paths.
