Richard M. DeVos Quotes
I learned that you appreciate what you earn much more than what is given you. I also learned that decisions have consequences.
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He's too short, he's too... tall, he's... just not going to work.
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When I hear someone, instantaneously, I'm like, 'Who's singing?' You're giving people so much of yourself, and my voice is the most natural, distinctive tool I have. It's up to me to express myself on a wider scale than just writing vocal melodies and lyrics.
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Between the ages of 18 and 20, I made three hour-long films. One was a superhero film called 'Carbolic Soap.' One was a cop film called 'Dead Right.' And the other was called 'A Fistful Of Fingers.'
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Computers are wasteful of paper and time. Once, we'd get documents with a few errors. Now, people make hundreds of copies until each sheet is flawless and memos are duplicated endlessly. Managers get swamped with emails.
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My first professional job was to sell heavy-duty waterless cookware.
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Many people have been getting too casual about climbing Everest. I forecast a disaster many times.
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There is probably no such thing as a good divorce, but clinging to an old idea of how relationships are unraveled can make a bad thing even worse.
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Bob Dylan impresses me about as much as... well, I was gonna say a slug but I like slugs.
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This battle for 'common-sense' gun control laws pits emotion and passion against logic and reason. All too often in such a contest, logic loses. So, expect more meaningless, if not harmful, 'gun control' legislation. Good news - if you're a crook.
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Our target is not negotiations, it is the end of the apartheid system. There can be no compromise about that.
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Gandalf the Grey was always the guy I prefer. Gandalf the White was driven to do a particular job, whereas Gandalf the Grey is a bit more humane.
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Don't believe that winning is really everything. It's more important to stand for something. If you don't stand for something, what do you win?
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I'm still a person, a human being, no matter what religion I am.
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When it is good, theatre takes a lot of beating both to watch and perform.
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I really like structured coats and layered scarves, and I especially love cashmere sweaters.
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Standing up to Ahmadinejad is not a partisan issue and should never be one.
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Of course I've had a problem with people taking me seriously because of my age. People are always going do that because you're less experienced; you haven't lived as much.
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It's definitely a necessity to make split-second decisions when you're doing gymnastics because things don't always go perfect.
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Stay focused on the mission.
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When you don't dress like everybody else, you don't have to think like everybody else.
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When you get great actors like that turning up and not being paid, then they all come for the right reason. They all come to play and they all come to enjoy the characters.
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Women are never so strong as after their defeat.
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I learned that you appreciate what you earn much more than what is given you. I also learned that decisions have consequences.
