Ricardo Semler Quotes
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I'm ready to stretch my legs. I'm ready to jump in the ring.
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Our parents all experimented with raising us in a fairly loose, unorthodox way. A huge emphasis was placed on creativity, and our artistic efforts were never dismissed as childish. There was a sense that we - kids and grown-ups - all had the potential to make something of value. Our drawings were not simply destined for the refrigerator.
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The so-called skills gap is really a gap in education, and that affects all of us.
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The day we run out of petrol is the day Iran will be free.
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If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem.
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I am sure my fellow-scientists will agree with me if I say that whatever we were able to achieve in our later years had its origin in the experiences of our youth and in the hopes and wishes which were formed before and during our time as students.
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I've created my own career in my life, and I've had a lot of fun doing it. I think that's good.
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There were times when we didn't have hot water or a phone line. But I guarantee you, we always had cable, and it was always on.
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A scholar is committed to building on knowledge that others have gathered, correcting it, confirming it, enlarging it. But I have always wanted to think my own thoughts about a subject without being overly influenced by what others have thought before me.
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You're always aware that only eight per cent of actors are in work at one time, so you've got to be thankful for the job you've got and do the best you can.
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After a sound public education, I attended Penn and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. After being drafted into the military and studying Indonesian, I emerged as a writer, not a painter.
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This is fun. This is entertainment, right guys?
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What I love is getting polarized opinions.
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It's bad to be labeled just another singer-songwriter.
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I have had a struggle with anxiety, always, and as a proud Jew, that's not a surprising thing.
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In the shallow parts of many Swiss lakes, where there is a depth of no more than from 5 to 15 feet of water, ancient wooden piles are observed at the bottom sometimes worn down to the surface of the mud, sometimes projecting slightly above it.
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You can look at your dog and see that it's thinking and has strong feelings. And if it does, so do wolves. And if wolves do, so do elephants. People aren't the only beings that think and feel.
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Modesty used to be considered a natural female attribute. No more.
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I'm a big fan of the movies of the '60s, more than a fan of the movies of the '70s.
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The grand saga of how humans spread across the globe will need some amendments and annotations – rendezvous here, elopements there, and the commingling of genes most everywhere.
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I am still close to India personally.
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By professing no ideal in morality, these nice people can never be accused of not living up to their creed. This is the great advantage that they have over the Christians - whose creed is so lofty that they can often and truly be accused of failing to meet its demands.
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Film is like football - you join a team, get close to one or two people, then never hear from them again. I don't get emotionally involved. Do one, move on.
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Growth and profit are a product of how people work together.
