William Wrigley, Jr. Quotes
Nothing is so much fun as business. I do not expect to do anything but work as long as I can stand up.
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Personal discipline, when it becomes a way of life in our personal, family, and career lives, will enable us to do some incredible things.
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People think that celebs make a lot more money than we do. We look for bargains and we do a lot of stuff on our own.
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Obviously, I never want to make the same record twice. I want to keep moving forward. That's the real challenge, I think.
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Custom is second nature.
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I hope that what you take away from my album is not just the music - which I did want to be fun, and I did want it to be about individuality, but please also take away from it that there's no dream that's too big.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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Experimental science is fascinating, but I don't want to do it. I want other people to do it, and I'll read about it.
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One must act in painting as in life, directly.
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My parents were just really weird and protective about the music I listened to. Whenever I wanted to buy an album, they would have to buy it first and listen to it and let me know if I could have it.
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Back home, almost everything I did, I did in Hebrew. I went to drama school in Hebrew, my whole career was in Hebrew, and to switch languages was something that was fascinating and more complicated than I expected it to be, even though I've been speaking English since I could speak.
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Endless effort, endless humility, endless modesty.
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I don't think anyone's particularly conscious of thinking suits are the thing, but when you see a comedian on stage in jeans and a t-shirt it doesn't matter how good they are - it always looks like amateur hour when they walk onto the stage.
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Tall men come down to my height when I hit 'em in the body.
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Even Jimmy Carter can't be wrong all the time.
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Authors are influenced by everything they've ever read. If you've read widely enough, it helps you create your own mix.
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All I have to do is to work on transition and technique.
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Economic man and sensual man are not suppressible.
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Wisdom is, I suppose, the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.
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We all have common frailties but we need to treasure friends more.
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It's extremely instructive to realize that you cannot do everything. You need to delegate, to find experts, to consult with them. A big part of the job of directing is knowing when to take something on and when you shouldn't.
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My dad once showed me 'The Guns of Navarone' when I was a kid. I haven't rewatched it since, but it gave me such a warm feeling.
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Design can successfully bind the ancient nomadic cultures with today's global marketplace, ensuring the preservation of traditions and knowledge for further generations. This aspect of research is obviously rich in its business potential as well.
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I do not like going to the dressing room and trying on millions of outfits. I just look at something and hope that it will work. I try it on at home, since I don't like going through the whole process.
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Nothing is so much fun as business. I do not expect to do anything but work as long as I can stand up.
