Ricardo Semler Quotes
Human nature demands recognition. Without it, people lose their sense of purpose and become dissatisfied, restless, and unproductive.
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The true Christian is called to be a soldier and must behave as such from the day of his conversion to the day of his death. He is not meant to live a life of religious ease, indolence and security. He must never imagine for a moment that he can sleep and doze along the way to heaven, like one traveling in an easy carriage.
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What's really important to me is that we have fiscally responsible balanced budgets.
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The sweeping, unfocused cuts of sequestration are certain to have unintended negative consequences, including for America's small businesses.
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We were these arty punks from Hollywood. I considered myself an intellectual.
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The thing about tennis is if you stay off for two weeks, or just for three days, you can lose your rhythm quickly. So it's just a question of constant diligence and vigilance.
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Nobody can write better jokes putting me down than me.
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New Hampshire is moving in the right direction because we have shown time and time again that we can work across the aisle to solve problems.
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If you are ambitious to talk well, you must be as much as possible in the society of well-bred, cultured people. If you seclude yourself, though you are a college graduate, you will be a poor converser.
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I don't like Botox. It makes a very strange forehead.
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As a little kid, I watched hip hop get created. So it's an honour for me to represent the Bronx, the motherland of hip hop.
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The burden of the self is lightened with I laugh at myself.
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The Tibetan people will need to determine who the next reincarnation of the Dalai Lama is.
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If you're skinny and you can't play hockey in Canada, you aren't left with a lot of options. I was left with running.
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The Republicans were not always insane. They might've had politics I didn't agree with, but they weren't always actually certifiable.
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I just want to compete and do what I love.
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I grew up doing a lot of traveling. My mom left home when she was 15 and traveled to 48 different countries and speaks six different languages. So I grew up with my eyes open. She raised me so that if my heart says something is wrong, I have to go help. What's right is right and what's wrong is wrong.
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All that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned, and man is at last compelled to face with sober senses, his real conditions of life, and his relations with his kind.
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I'm going to go in and play, because the most important thing is playing on the field and being able to contribute. I really am ready.
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When I was growing up, I wanted to be my half-sister Lucy. She was 14 years older than me and was impossibly glamorous. I grew up in awe of her.
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People with a lot of money aren't in the business of throwing it away, and those paying footballers' wages, organising parking spaces for dead sharks, and even, dare I say it, buying iPads, are doing it because, for them, it's worth the money.
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We approach people the same way we approach our cars. We take the poor kid to a doctor and ask, What's wrong with him, how much will it cost, and when can I pick him up?
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I keep getting these people at my shows who only know me from television. I can always tell when they're, like, emotionally flinching when I start doing my jokes.
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It's unlikely. It's too 'inside.' There would be about 100 people who would be thrilled, but we have to think of the bigger picture.
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Human nature demands recognition. Without it, people lose their sense of purpose and become dissatisfied, restless, and unproductive.
