Ricardo Semler Quotes
If we do not let people do things the way they do, we will never know what they are really capable of and they will just follow our boarding school rules.
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Since I never get on a scale, I have no idea how much weight I've lost!
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Ancient Egyptians went to great lengths to avoid change; they couldn't entirely do so, of course, but did preserve a cultural continuity for almost four thousand years.
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It's a good thing I don't read everything Eddie says, or I'd be up in arms and not enjoying my life.
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Pigeons are gentle and smart and have complex social relationships. Their hearing and vision are both excellent.
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I like to be underdressed rather than overdressed. For an event or a premiere, it's fun to dress up more - then I like to experiment.
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I wish I had had a great disappointment, a real one.
Nastassja Kinski
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Played tennis for years. But you can't improve at tennis after you're 50. You get to be in your 40s, and suddenly you're a doubles player.
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But, look, Washington is a town that creates myths for its own existence and its own amusement, and I was a subject of myth, sort of like Grendel in Beowulf - you know, not seen very often but often talked about.
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I prefer the countryside to cities. This is also true of my films: I have made more films in rural societies, and villages, than in towns.
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I'm very curious to know what it's like, death - I always say to my wife, 'I wonder if we'll have the 'New York Times' when we're dead.'
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A lot of reality TV is repellent, but that doesn't diminish the qualities of some of the people who take part. There are decent people in there who have no alternatives.
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I'm taking a vow not to advise.
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When I started performing in public, I was probably around 10 or 11.
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It's profoundly disorienting to go from zero to celebrity.
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I don't believe that a hydrogen economy depends on a carbon economy at all.
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To be happy, make other people happy.
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I love playing strong women, even if they're nuts.
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They would come down in Mississippi, they hired me as a talent scout. And I would go all over Mississippi, Alabama, Texas, and find out different artists for them.
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It's like, focus on the music. Why do you have to know where I grew up?
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Before bringing a request to the Lord, it's a good idea to ask: If God granted this request, would it bring glory to him? Would it advance his kingdom? Would it help people? Would it help me to grow spiritually?
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I liked my skirts short because I wanted to run and catch the bus to get to work.
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I spend my own money, not other people's money.
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I think people are too often misinformed and, in some cases, deceived. We don't have a full marketplace of ideas in this country that in any way reflects the broad, real range of ideas.
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If we do not let people do things the way they do, we will never know what they are really capable of and they will just follow our boarding school rules.
