Eileen Collins Quotes
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Any manager can do well in an expanding market.
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As a team, we have a lot of work ahead of us in FY16 and beyond, but I am confident that, working together, we will make Microsoft a leader in the mobile-first, cloud-first world.
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Women are not all single-issue voters.
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Men weren't always happy for me. It was very challenging to watch a woman be so successful.
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It's the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time.
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I had the benefit of watching good people show me what it really is to be an actor – the day in and day out of it.
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I'm easy to hate. I get it.
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Bragging about yourself violates norms of modesty and politeness - and if you were really competent, your work would speak for itself.
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All of a sudden to get all of this attention, and to be away from home and working all the time was hard. I was on planes all the time. I didn't see my friends. I cried a lot. It was quite terrifying.
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I like to read, even though it was really tough, because I could go anywhere in the world in a book, and I could have so many adventures in a book.
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So if I keep making mistakes on Broadway or tape or film, producing, directing or acting, I can go along and do it - so long as I'm not investing too much capital in these things.
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The scab is a traitor to his God, his mother, and his class.
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I always believe that one can't interfere in another's work. Once I start work on any film, I surrender myself completely and blindly follow the director.
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Mostly for social media, Twitter or Instagram becomes so much more fun when you can be boastful and say whatever you want. You can be so full of yourself and ridiculous when you're a heel.
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Making movies is about creating illusions, and they can be subtle illusions, but it's all a cumulative effect as you make these little tweaks. It kinda adds up to something, hopefully.
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I try to understand the rules and follow them. And I try to make sure that I'm disclosing my obligations.
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I would love to have dinner with Jay-Z and Beyonce. I think we would have a lot to chat about. I like them both so much, and I love them as a couple. I like that they are both at the top of their game - and that they have a mutual respect and admiration for each other.
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Treat the audience with respect and maturity, and have a certain faith in them to catch up.
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When I was a little kid I wanted to be an artist or a painter. But once I got into boxing, all I wanted was to box.
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I think one of the biggest curses in the U.S. is that we have only two political parties.
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I love going to weddings. And I love it when my friends get married. I'm not against marriage but it's just not for me. I'm a vegetarian, but I don't have a problem if you want a hamburger.
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The best preparedness is the one that disarms the hostility of other nations and makes friends of them.
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Ms. Doman had this whole thing about how we have to tell stories about whatever happens to us, and then we can use those stories to decide whether out lives are happy or not, whether events have redeeming aspects or are totally hopeless, that it's really all about how we choose to shape and name things.
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Houston, Discovery, wheels are down. We're all happy to be back again.