Jack Welch Quotes
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My inspiration for writing is all the wonderful books that I read as a child and that I still read. I think that for those of us who write, when we find a wonderful book written by someone else, we don't really get jealous, we get inspired, and that's kind of the mark of what a good writer is.
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Justice is never given; it is exacted.
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Fashion is what you adopt when you don't know who you are.
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In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience.
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You will die but the carbon will not; its career does not end with you. It will return to the soil, and there a plant may take it up again in time, sending it once more on a cycle of plant and animal life.
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In my career, there have been roles I haven't taken because someone involved with the project gave me a bad vibe. I don't care how much money is on the table: No job is worth feeling uneasy every day.
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At one time or another, we have all faced the temptation to disconnect by giving someone the silent treatment. After being married to Joel for more than twenty-one years, I have learned that is not the best way to handle a disagreement.
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Having spent a number of my younger years with trade-union parents attending NUT annual conferences, I feel comfortable with an agenda in my hand and a procedural format for debate.
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I'm a big baseball fan, and I feel proprietary about the Dodgers. I'm not the owner. I'm not the manager. But I feel passionate about the decisions that they make, and I take it personally when they make decisions I don't like.
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Any time you get two people in a room who disagree about anything, the time of day, there is a scene to be written. That's what I look for.
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I've always liked to dress up; I've always liked to look good. You look good, you feel good, you play good.
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Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you're passionate about something, then you're more willing to take risks.
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I came from nothing really to something; I came from the gutter to making the gutters.
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Unless you have a long-running series, most actors just go job to job if you're lucky to keep working. You just do a movie or a play or a TV thing, and it's over at some point.
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My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, 'You're tearing up the grass'; 'We're not raising grass,' Dad would reply. 'We're raising boys.'
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I have no interest in non-fiction. I don't read it and don't watch it and don't write it, other than a little journalistic column.
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The use of solar energy has not been opened up because the oil industry does not own the sun.
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My mom is incredibly stylish, and she gets it from my grandmother. I feel like I can't live up to how chic they are as women. They are great role models for aging gracefully, and that's a thing that is very key that I try to always emulate.
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I knew at university that medicine was just not for me. I saved many lives by not being a doctor!
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If you use tact you can say anything, then make it funny.
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You are the drop, and the ocean you are kindness, you are anger, you are sweetness, you are poison. Do not make me more disheartened. you are the chamber of the sun, you are the abode of venus, you are the garden of all hope. Oh, Beloved, let me enter.
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I am very grateful for the opportunities I have been afforded.
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I am a professional photographer because it is the best way I know to earn the money I require to take care of my wife and children.
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If you don't have a competitive advantage, don't compete.
