Rodney Terence "Rod" Argent Quotes
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In the country, it feels like you don't have control over nature anymore - nature is in control of you.
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Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board.
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To nurture the sort of relationships that will truly help propel you towards accomplishing great things, you need to forget transactional networking and focus on having in-depth conversations with fewer people about subjects you really care about.
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Any conductor who tells you that if he is approached for the directorship of the Chicago Symphony that he's not interested in it, you know perfectly well he's lying.
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I made a promise to myself to be kinder to other people.
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You can kill a lot of time if you really want to put your mind to it Or leave it all behind and never really have to go through it.
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We seal our fate with the choices we take, but don't give a second thought to the chances we take.
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Curiosity, which may or may not eventuate in something useful, is probably the most outstanding characteristic of modern thinking ... Institutions of learning should be devoted to the cultivation of curiosity, and the less they are deflected by the consideration of immediacy of application, the more likely they are to contribute not only to human welfare, but to the equally important satisfaction of intellectual interest, which may indeed be said to have become the ruling passion of intellectual life in modern times.
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Most meetings are too long, too dull, too unproductive - and too much a part of corporate life to be abandoned.
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This was tough. The Kerry people were determined not to have a leak.
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Perhaps no American family-with the possible exception of the Adams family-has had a more vivid and powerful impact on the life of their times. But the Kennedy tale-the spiral compound of glory, achievement, degradation and almost mythical tragedy-exerts a fascination upon us that goes beyond their public achievements.
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I am satisfied with the mystery of the eternity of life.
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A good old man, sir. He will be talking. As they say, when the age is in, the wit is out.
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If you are to be, you must begin by assuming responsibility. You alone are responsible for every moment of your life, for every one of your acts.
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My beauty routine is basically plenty of sleep and lots of water.
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I'm interested in color belonging to something, where it takes on a completely new kind of vibrancy, rather than being what you would call straight abstract paintings. And anyway it is so much more exciting trying to find out about the three dimensions of color and sticking it down on a two dimensional surface.
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There's a bootleg album that was recorded when I was 14 or 15, a compilation of things live at different clubs. Songs like Girl from Ipanema and Cry Me A River. I don't know what the title of it is.
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I don't really like to infuse music with politics - but I wouldn't say as a general statement that it shouldn't be.
