Dan Gilbert Quotes
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I collect handkerchiefs. I know that's sort of old-timey, but my mom started the collection for me, and now I have a bunch. Basically, I have a myriad of beautiful handkerchiefs, and I carry them like a grandmother in my purse. And I opt for hankies in any situation.
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Claiming to 'fight for small business' is often used as a political tool in Washington D.C., but it is actually the policies behind that battle cry that small firms care about.
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When I was a kid, all I ever wanted was to be famous.
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Genius goes around the world in its youth incessantly apologizing for having large feet. What wonder that later in life it should be inclined to raise those feet too swiftly to fools and bores.
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Every time I could possibly be doing stand up, I am.
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Any constitutional amendment that simply gives Congress the option of regulating campaign finance fails to immediately achieve what the American people want, and that is a complete reversal of Citizens United and other Supreme Court decisions that have allowed corporations and the wealthy few to drown out the voices of everyday voters.
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If Boston charters can be stymied despite their extraordinary success, charters anywhere can be stopped.
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Being typecast is the enemy of any actor, so if you can try to do something that flips on the head peoples' ideas of who you are or what you can do, that's my biggest aim.
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In the experience of art, time seems not to exist.
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I discovered what it meant to 'live for Christ,' and that it honestly was something I wanted to do. The facts were there, and I could sense the Holy Spirit at work.
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In some ways, with the security challenges this country has faced, we have had to put in rules and regulations for business to be able to sustain their growth and create jobs.
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My background is that of a competitive athlete and a fighter, and I'm bringing something totally different to 'The Biggest Loser' that wasn't there before.
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Compared to how I have raced before and how I have competed, the success that I have had, this does look like doom compared to it.
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If you're not kind, then you won't be attractive to me personally because that spirit shines through and makes people attractive.
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Village cricket spread fast through the land.
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The E.U. has its weaknesses, but it's been pretty good for us, and it's been pretty good for Europe, and it's kept peace.
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Human faces shouldn't get lost amid the statistics.
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I grew up in a high school where it was very conservative, and I felt like people disapproved of me, and I felt like an outsider.
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We have travelled so far in our technical advancements that we are no longer located in our own countries.
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You know what I like about disposable razors? They're disposable.
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When I'm at my best, I'm trying to destabilize myself and figure out new ways of approaching art as a provocation. I think I am at my best when I push myself into a place where I don't have all the answers.
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Fluency in even one other language would be fantastic.
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The pilot system in television is utterly broken. It's a huge waste of money.
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I think I've interviewed probably 1,500 people in my 24-year business career.
