J. Paul Getty Quotes
Without the element of uncertainty, the bringing off of even, the greatest business triumph would be dull, routine, and eminently unsatisfying.
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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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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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Lyrically, I personally lean towards venting.
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I've written many extra verses to songs that I learned to sing - an extra verse about a friend, or just add some verse - and that led to writing my own songs.
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There was something to me that was really compelling about that woman, already knowing she couldn't get pregnant. When I made that movie I was maybe 24, and to be 24 and already know you can't get pregnant, that was really interesting to me.
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I resent ever being stereotyped.
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I clearly understood the concept of wise use before I ever heard the actual words, for my father wouldn't allow us to waste anything.
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I think about death most of the day, every day. We can't escape death, and choosing to ignore it only makes it more scary.
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A woman who places a high priority on performance and excellence is seen as imperial. A man is seen as demanding and tough.
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It's so much in me to want to keep experimenting all the time. It's just inherent. Therefore I keep reaching for instruments I don't particularly know how to play, and then I become excited.
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My normal life is like being on holiday.
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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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When I was elected, I was the youngest member of the Tennessee congressional delegation; now, I'm one of the oldest. In fact, I have members of my staff who weren't even born when I took office. That tells me it's time for a new chapter.
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I have eighteen titles in the German language. I had a number one song in 1965.
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When you have young children, it is hard to see live performances. Unless I am in it. I do manage to see my husband Rupert Goold's work, of course.
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People don't slip. Time catches up with them.
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I'm obviously not an advocate of Christian America or a simplistic view of America as 'a city on a hill.'
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You learn something when you don't play well, and I figure that helping people, it makes me very, very happy.
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I'm very picky in what I wear.
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I want people to know that I am having fun. That's the biggest compliment I can get is when people tell me I'm having a blast out there - if they only knew. I'm having the time of my life every night.
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If I take a less defensive tone, I'd admit that I couldn't write today a very jazzy, contemporary look at America as I did in 1979 in States of Desire.
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In 1940 I came across a record by Jimmy Yancey. I can't say how important that record is. From then on, all I wanted to do was play the blues.
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Our most successful leaders are people who put other people first … in the long run, that’s exactly what makes them successful.
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Without the element of uncertainty, the bringing off of even, the greatest business triumph would be dull, routine, and eminently unsatisfying.
