Dan Gilbert Quotes
I think that when we strip people down, most of us want the same things. People just have very different views of how to get there.
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Accept loss forever.
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Should the time come when the county family will be taken away, then the parish will feel for some time like a mouth from which a molar has been drawn - there will be a vacancy that will cause unrest and discomfort.
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I shifted my career when I was 44 to quit the Washington beats. I had a great Washington beat, a series of them, and I quit to start my tech column, which was a different kind of tech column.
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I had cottage cheese for lunch and a glass of wine when I got home tonight.
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Diversity isn't just a hallmark of big cities anymore.
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I support many organizations that I feel are doing the right thing, like Alonzo Mourning's foundation, Alicia Keys' foundation, the Make-a-Wish Foundation, and other well-established foundations. I kick out a lot of time and money wherever I can.
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No matter who you meet in life, you take something from them, positive or negative.
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When I was a child, I used to paint intently. The older I become, and the closer death approaches, the brighter my life gets day by day.
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We panic if there's two centimeters of snow in London.
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Gun owners and non-gun owners alike agree on expanding background checks, making gun trafficking a serious crime with stiff penalties, making it illegal for all stalkers and all domestic abusers to buy guns, and expanding mental health resources so the mentally ill find it easier to receive treatment than to buy firearms.
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My first audition happened to be for 'Kindergarten Cop,' and I took that role. I was only starting to learn English at that point. Spanish is my first language, so they made me a speaking character in the movie. I didn't really know I was shooting a movie. I was just having a lot of fun with 30 kids my own age.
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If there is the right opportunity for us to have a big oil play in Congo or somewhere else, we will definitely go for it.
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There's a policy now of opening the doors to the outside world.
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And we've got a toaster and everything. So there is no reason for the wedding.
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If I could gain 1,000 pounds and be healthy, I would love to do that.
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I'm very spiritual. I meditate every day. I don't know if that's surprising or not, but I've been doing that since I was 16 every day, so that's like kind of my thing. I'm really a hippie-chick at heart.
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To the soldier, luck is merely another word for skill.
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I'm probably proudest of being able to lift a lot of us out of the 'hood. That's the biggest thing, that I've been able to employ a lot of people and give them opportunities.
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It's not for me. I tried human flesh and it's too salty for my taste.
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You have to be brave and not always play likeable people. It's difficult, because there's a demand for the hero or heroine to be very likeable.
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Perception requires imagination because the data people encounter in their lives are never complete and always equivocal.
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TIVO was a big shift in how people watched TV, but everyone understood the concept of TV. No one really understands the concept of, well why would I want my genetic information?
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When I was starting out, I did not do short fiction well, because I kept wanting to write books.
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I think that when we strip people down, most of us want the same things. People just have very different views of how to get there.
