Rex W. Tillerson Quotes
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When I was growing up you would see big American films that really mythologised their landscape, that really showed the vastness and the drama of their country.
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I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance.
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Art is subjective. I'm not looking for people's praise.
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My dad met my mom at Casper College in the orientation line. He studied business and eventually transferred to the University of Wyoming at Laramie.
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Deep inside, I was hoping I'd win: The competition was tough, but I learned from other's mistakes.
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We have these old fashioned ideas. For instance, here in America, we talk about democracy - but we don't have a democracy. There are elements of a democracy.
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Entrepreneurship requires flexibility and an open society, and there will always be people who succeed and people who follow. For those who lead, they have an obligation to create a better life for the people around them.
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If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel and stare.
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When I was younger, my family would go camping and fishing on our ranches. My dad loves being around all kinds of animals. He's the one who got me to be a really big animal lover.
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It's like nothing's really happening. Our culture is almost dead.
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Time and again these governments have rejected proposals today - and longed for them tomorrow.
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I know only two words of American slang, 'swell' and 'lousy'. I think 'swell' is lousy, but 'lousy' is swell.
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We can choose a path that leads us into trouble. It all comes down to our decisions at the end of the day.
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Gadgets can be engineered, programs can be designed, institutions can be built, but belief has an organic quality, and it cannot be called into being by fiat. Once a faith is shattered, it takes a long time to grow again - for its soil is experience - and to become effective again.
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Those of us who have looked to the self-interest of lending institutions to protect shareholder's equity – myself especially – are in a state of shocked disbelief.
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There's an authenticity in just being who you are and not having an act about it or wear clothes you normally wouldn't wear. I'm just comfortable in my own skin.
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I knew I was Chinese, but growing up, it never occurred to me that that had any particular implication or that it should differentiate me in any way. I thought it was a minor detail, like having red hair.
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I have no idea why, but I find that men make more of an impact on me in films than women - even very beautiful ones.
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I found it peculiar that those who wanted to take military action could - with 100 per cent certainty - know that the weapons existed and turn out to have zero knowledge of where they were.
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When I was eleven years old, I basically looked the same as I do now.
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Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use.
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If you are someone's guest on a corporate jet, the most important thing to remember is not just to be on time, but to be early. If you hold up the departure of the jet by as much as 10 minutes, you may cause the plane to wait in line for another hour or two before obtaining new clearance.
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Just remember that a pat on the back is only 18 inches from a kick in the behind.