Ed Rendell Quotes
If I were president, I am not sure that I would offer Ed Rendell the job of chief of staff.
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I feel like I'm going backwards, actually, as I get older. I'm regressing. I feel more and more like a kid, which is kind of a fun feeling.
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Our plans never turn out as tasty as reality.
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I don't know in the world why anyone would consent to be a king, and never to be left to himself, but to be worried and wearied and interfered with from dark to daybreak and from morning to the fall of night.
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One of the big things I've learned is that there's an advantage to regular low-intensity activity.
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To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
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I've always said I wanted to play in England. There was a struggle between Chelsea and United, but according to me, Chelsea has the best project.
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It's pretty simple, pretty obvious: that people's first impressions of people are really a big mistake.
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When I walked in to read with Edie Falco, it was nice, because I auditioned in New York, and it was very quick. You walk in, there's Edie, the producers, the director, and a camera. I read three scenes, and it was done.
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Any competent actor could have done what I did.
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Well I like everything but my first love has always been piano because when I started out there was a piano in my house and it was there so I just started tinkling on it really so it's always been my first love.
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Instead of hazarding our future on the dirty fuels of the past, let's invest in clean power that can drive this country forward. Let's cut energy waste, make our economy the world's most efficient, and give our workers a leg up in the global marketplace.
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People respect nonfiction but they read novels.
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There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we've got a system that allows them to do it.
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Someone once told me I looked good in red, so I bought every piece of clothing in red and bright-red lipstick. I had huge hair, as big as I could tease it and spray it.
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I loved to sing in family parties, for my friends and family. That's how I discovered my talent.
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What do I know of man's destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.
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In the theater, it's a visceral and physical response because you move around so much. You have to do something physical to pull you in. On TV or in movies, everything is so small. You can just lock into a character and ease yourself into that way.
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The investor of today does not profit from yesterday's growth.
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Despite what Pope Benedict would have us believe, sex without love can be fucking amazing.
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I once had money to burn. I'd fly to Barbados for the weekend. I lived in a twenty-two-room mansion and had my pick of four luxury cars.
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A policy of knowing your replacement is one of the best ways to drive a growth culture. It anticipates and eliminates the most harmful politics in leadership for an expanding company and instantly sets the right tone for a high-talent, growth-mindset executive team.
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I know who I am and what I want to say and what I'm supposed to sound like.
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My son died from cancer. My granddaughter died from cancer. I have a lot of reasons to think that reality is not a friendly neighborhood. And the stories that I tell distract me, and if I do the job right, they distract people from things that are happening to them that they wish had never happened.
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If I were president, I am not sure that I would offer Ed Rendell the job of chief of staff.
