George Tillman, Jr. Quotes
I realized that food was actually a metaphor for bringing us all together. It's about us communicating and being like family.
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A lot of times, I played bass on songs. Gene plays guitar on some songs.
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It took me years of attempts and failed drafts before I finally wrote the elegies I needed to write.
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Absolutely father knows best, always do what your fathers say, and if you can't find one then just ask me, I am a father and I know best.
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None of our family businesses were focused on technology. It was '93 when I came out of law school, and the Internet was taking hold. So I started New World Ventures.
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We get to a point where we're like, you know what, one day we're just not gonna be here anymore, so I'm going to enjoy every second of it.
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Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
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Why do I always choose the shopping cart with the squeaky wheel? Is it my bad luck, or are all the carts dysfunctional?
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That's my only active wish. I think if I sang like Don Henley, this would be a lot more agreeable business.
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Well-secured files don't do you much good if you lose them in a fire or hard drive crash.
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You mustn't smile when you lose. You have to be sad like other people. You have to win every game.
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I love outdoor winter activities like snow tubing and snowball throwing.
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America and Islam are not exclusive and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles of justice and progress, tolerance and the dignity of all human beings.
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When political figures are shown on television or in movies, it's always the liberal Democrats that are shown to be humane, caring people.
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All I want to do is a rom-com, but you know, people see me as an action person because the first movie that was seen by a lot of the public would be 'Hitman.'
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Hong Kong has plenty of superlative hotels, amazing food, and cool shopping.
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High achievers, we imagine, were wired for greatness from birth. But then you have to wonder why, over time, natural talent seems to ignite in some people and dim in others.
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As a kid, I loved 'Godot' because of the poetry and the humor and the strangeness, but then as you get older, it's much more resonant.
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I was always amazed when people were kind to us.
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I have condemned my kids to a lifetime of geographic illiteracy.
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Monetary relations have penetrated into every nook and cranny of the world and into almost every aspect of social, even private life.
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And I am a writer, writer of fictions I am the heart that you call home And I've written pages upon pages Trying to rid you from my bones...
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I cook British food, but it doesn't mean I'm jingoistic about it. People can cook very good fusion food.
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Must whales and dolphins be subjected to deafening noise that will cause more than 3.5 million instances of temporary and/or permanent hearing loss? For species that depend on hearing for survival - to find food, migrate, and communicate - any hearing loss could be catastrophic. As one scientist noted, a deaf whale is a dead whale.
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I realized that food was actually a metaphor for bringing us all together. It's about us communicating and being like family.
