Zakk Wylde Quotes
You have to have passion for anything you do. Whether it's sports, whether it's music, whether you want to be Mother Theresa, you have to have passion for what it is you do, or what's the point in getting up in the morning and getting out of bed?
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With a face like this, there aren't a lot of lawyers or priest roles coming my way. I've got a face that was meant for a mug shot, and that's what I've been doing for the past thirty years.
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What goes for sex goes double for politics.
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If you want to do stuff, you have to be able to handle controversy.
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People should know what they want, not just what they don't want.
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When people arrive at El Bulli, everybody goes through the kitchen. It's a way of making them feel at home. When they leave, the only thing I ask is whether they've been happy. Everything in between, I don't particularly care.
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Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
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Pacific Islands are among those that contribute least to global warming, yet suffer most.
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When I was in high school in the early 1970s, we knew we were running out of oil; we knew that easy sources were being capped; we knew that diversifying would be much better; we knew that there were terrible dictators and horrible governments that we were enriching who hated us. We knew all that and we did really nothing.
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I'm somewhat of a perfectionist, I think, and I strive for perfection.
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Chicago is one city. We shall work as one people for our common good and our common goals.
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One has to be fully committed to one's career. Otherwise, there's no point.
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I'd like to make something about someone who hasn't existed so that I don't have to tread so carefully and can feel a little bit more creative freedom.
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I started traveling by myself as early as 5 to see my dad. I'd go to Toronto or Los Angeles, depending on what show he was doing, but most often New York, and we would hang out, and he'd take me to museums and Broadway plays. The ones that had the biggest impact on me were the George C. Wolfe productions.
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I feel like I'm not the greatest general manager in the history of general managers, but I do OK, and I'm learning as I go. I try to just do my best with it.
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My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.
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Most people consider me an optimist because I laughingly state that I would take my last two dollars and buy a money belt.
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I always say: To be well dressed you must be well naked.
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One knows less about one's own destiny than about anything else on earth.
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You must learn to talk clearly. The jargon of scientific terminology which rolls off your tongues is mental garbage.
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I'm coming to that realization that I'm going to be seen as a mom to someone, and it makes you think about your own parents. You know, who were they?
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The first posh meal out I had was on my 10th birthday.
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There were so many lessons I learned the hard way: missing out on a raise because I didn't know to ask, having colleagues consistently get credit for my ideas because of how I spoke up in meetings. When I looked for a resource that addressed the challenges I was facing, I couldn't find it. There was nothing.
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The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether government works.
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You have to have passion for anything you do. Whether it's sports, whether it's music, whether you want to be Mother Theresa, you have to have passion for what it is you do, or what's the point in getting up in the morning and getting out of bed?
