George Stillman Hillard Quotes
Ambition is not a weakness unless it be disproportioned to the capacity. To have more ambition than ability is to be at once weak and unhappy.
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Doctors cannot afford to provide care at the rate of reimbursement that Medicare insists that they accept.
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The publishing industry is an archaic and inefficient industry.
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I think we can launch - successfully, high quality - around 20 original scripted shows a year, which means every 2 1/2 to three weeks you're launching a new season or a new show on Netflix meant to be for really diverse tastes all around the world.
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The next time you feel unworthy, inadequate or inferior, remember that these experiences have nothing to do with humbleness, any more than lowering yourself to connect with another individual has to do with humbleness. There are no lower or higher individuals in the perception of a humble person. There are only souls. There is only love.
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Back when I was restoring art and antiques, finding ivory was very difficult because it's illegal, and the only difference between bone and ivory is that bone is free and not illegal.
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I've dressed thousands of actors, actresses and animals, but whenever I am asked which star is my personal favorite, I answer, 'Grace Kelly.' She is a charming lady, a most gifted actress and, to me, a valued friend.
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I used to find great difficulty in drawing feet.
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People had this image of the Jacksons as the perfect American family and I destroyed that image. But what people have to understand is writing that book was very healing for me.
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Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire.
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People in my novels always have terrible problems. If they are not terrible, I make them more terrible.
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I believe the accepted model of capitalism that demands endless growth deserves the blame for the destruction of nature, and it should be displaced. Failing that, I try to work with those companies and help them change the way they think about our resources.
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Expertise and judgment in the art of lending for novel ventures must be reacquired.
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Puerto Rico is a powerful island.
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I like to believe that if you pay close attention to the sentences as they unfold, they will draw you in rather than pushing you away.
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Make it simple. Make it memorable. Make it inviting to look at. Make it fun to read.
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I do not want to pour out my heart to the world. I am cautious of what I say and to whom.
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You need to have a lot of human judgment involved in the financial industry in terms of risk management, in terms of investment decisions, and things that really allow us to blend the best of technology and the human brain.
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We are accountable for what happened at Dan River and have learned from this event.
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If we treasure our own experience and regard it as real, we must also treasure other people's experience.
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It's absolutely incredible, and his retirement should be a celebration more than anything else.
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The process, not the results, have to be the reason a writer writes. Otherwise, creating a four-hundred-page novel is just too daunting a task.
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If naturalism were true then all thoughts whatever would be wholly the result of irrational causes. It cuts its own throat.
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In essence, I set myself the objective of doing what I feel is right without having any ambition.
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Ambition is not a weakness unless it be disproportioned to the capacity. To have more ambition than ability is to be at once weak and unhappy.
