Norman Pearlstine Quotes
I tend to be more interested in the trend pieces than who got a licensing deal for sunglasses, but that's not surprising.
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I like the fact that Austin's the first place I've ever lived where there's a real sense of community. People care about their neighbors.
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But you know, I always said that no one else on my block was on the radio, and it was fun.
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It's pretty hard to make out what's going to be a commercial success and what's not.
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Environmental pollution is an incurable disease. It can only be prevented.
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Your former Fathers the Spaniards have now no further Authority over you.
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Making money is not gonna change anything about what I am, except I won't answer the door.
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Risk is a part of God's game, alike for men and nations.
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When you're No. 1 or No. 300, you still get to play and write the songs.
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I'm always focused.
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When you sing the same song over and over and over again, it stops meaning what it originally meant to you. It starts sounding like white noise, or my washing machine.
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You couple a sense of entrepreneurship with an extremely intelligent, technically capable people who understand markets, and that's what you see happening in India. India has a leg up on China.
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There is always one fact more in every man's case about which we know nothing.
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I can beat any two players in this tournament by myself. If I need any help, I'll let you know.
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You tell a man the truth about himself and, well, they find they have trouble accepting it.
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I don't care what is written about me as long as it isn't true.
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A real man does not think of victory or defeat. He plunges recklessly towards an irrational death. By doing this, you will awaken from your dreams.
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One of the biggest concerns about going out beyond lower Earth orbit is the radiation. We find that exercise seems to counteract a lot of the negative effects of space flight, like bone loss and muscle atrophy and cardiovascular systems issues. We exercise two hours a day on the station, which is a huge hit out of your day. It's great for staying in shape, but you know, it cuts into the productivity of the crew and if you look at how expensive it is to get a crew into space, if we can keep them healthy and have them exercise, but spend less time doing it, we can get more done.
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I never can pass by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York without thinking of it not as a gallery of living portraits but as a cemetery of tax-deductible wealth.
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I remember reading 'The Hobbit' on a car trip from Ohio to Mississippi and getting out at a rest-stop in Mississippi and feeling jet-lagged at my return from Middle-earth.
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I grew up with nothing, and that was my motivation.
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I banned bottled water from my house - we have a water-filter system so you can drink from the tap. We always drink out of glass, and recycling is a huge deal, which everybody can partake in.
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I tend to be more interested in the trend pieces than who got a licensing deal for sunglasses, but that's not surprising.
