Dennis Wholey Quotes

Rather than focus on the negative aspects of change, which is loss, I focus on the adventure of it and say "What's next?"

Dennis Wholey

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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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• I am forced to say that I have many fiercer critics than myself.

  

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• With couture, you feel obligated to design something modern each season, but with Theyskens Theory, I don't question anything. I'm thinking of what I'd like to wear.

  

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• No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power.

  

  Jacob Bronowski
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• When the peace treaty is signed, the war isn't over for the veterans, or the family. It's just starting.

  

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• Well, here's what I think. I mean, the people are saying, 'We don't want it,' and the Democrats are saying, 'We don't care. We're going to pass it anyway.' And so for the next three months, Washington will be consumed with the Democrats trying to jam this through in a very messy procedure an unpopular health care bill.

  

  Lamar Alexander
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• When people recognise me they just kind of go 'Hi how are you,' really kind of cool you know.

  

  Rachel Stevens
  • People
  • Me
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• There is an important idea in psychology: The 'just world theory,' which says that it is very important for us to convince ourselves that the world is just and things happen for a reason. That there is some elemental fairness in everything, which creates the illusion of justice.

  

  Malcolm Gladwell
  • World
  • Important
  • Justice

• Size has nothing to do with literature. All legs are long enough to touch the ground, and all books are big enough to fill their covers.

  

  Walter Kirn
  • Long
  • Enough
  • Literature

• I try to have fun with the fans, try to have fun.

  

  Randy Moss
  • Fun
  • Try
  • Have Fun

• I never considered myself a movie star, and I didn't want to become a movie star, because as soon as you do, you throw away that possibility of playing character. You really do. All of a sudden you're just an entity, you know?

  

  Sam Shepard
  • Character
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• I learned you can't trust the judgment of good friends.

  

  Carl Sandburg
  • Good
  • Friends
  • Trust

• As a spectator, you get to watch everything, but I'd much rather be playing than watching. I'll have time to watch later in my career.

  

  Landon Donovan
  • Time
  • Career
  • You

• Until you dig a hole, you plant a tree, you water it and make it survive, you haven't done a thing. You are just talking.

  

  Wangari Maathai
  • Done
  • Water
  • Tree

• The way to be a man if you're a little boy is to be willing to throw your weight around.

  

  Patricia Ireland
  • Man
  • You
  • Boy

• Smaller groups of people can establish trusting relationships.

  

  Patrick Lencioni
  • People
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• It meant a lot because it was my first time to compete as a senior at that meet, which was kind of weird because I've done senior all year, but I didn't get to compete last year because of my elbow.

  

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  • Time
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• Bolivia is not yet a country of equals.

  

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  • Country
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• Love cannot remain by itself – it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action and that action is service.

  

  Mother Teresa
  • Love
  • Action
  • Service

• If you take risks and face your fate with dignity, there is nothing you can do that makes you small; if you don't take risks, there is nothing you can do that makes you grand, nothing.

  

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  • Small
  • Fate
  • Risks

• The SBA should be redirected to focus on its core missions of capital access, contracting, and counseling, while reducing duplication, overlap, and wasteful spending. Doing so will greatly improve its ability to better advocate for small businesses.

  

  Sam Graves
  • Small
  • Focus
  • Better

• I believe that the royal family are a focus of patriotism, of loyalty, of affection and of esteem. That is a rare combination, and we should value it highly.

  

  Margaret Thatcher
  • Believe
  • Family
  • Focus

• The abuse of political power is not as important as the loss of lives. Plus there is a process for curing the abuse of institutions.

  

  Babatunde Fashola
  • Important
  • Power
  • Political

• Rather than focus on the negative aspects of change, which is loss, I focus on the adventure of it and say "What's next?"

  

  Dennis Wholey
  • Focus
  • Adventure
  • Loss