Barry Lam Quotes
When companies minimize their costs, they can spend more on R & D and marketing. It's just very logical.
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Digital presentation is just television in public; we're all just getting together and watching TV without pointing the remote control at the screen.
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I found I could speak louder and was more comfortable if I was doing it in someone else's crazy voice.
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Courtship is like simmering mutton. You cook for hours and hours to taste the soft meat. It doesn't happen in two seconds!
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Dishonesty is all about the small acts we can take and then think, 'No, this not real cheating.' So if you think that the main mechanism is rationalization, then what you come up with, and that's what we find, is that we're basically trying to balance feeling good about ourselves.
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Waste Management was based in Chicago, but I lived in Ft. Lauderdale and for 10 years had to commute to work - catch the 5 P.M. Sunday flight to Chicago and the midnight return flight on Friday.
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All training is negotiation, whether you're training dogs or spouses.
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I'm so used to changing time zones that I can sleep at any time. I'm rarely ever tossing and turning - if I am, it's really a big deal.
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If there's one thing I've learned from traveling, it's that it is definitely more important how you are than where you are. You can say, 'Oh, I hate X city, I hate that country, or I prefer this city,' but it's a little bit up to you to find some kind of happiness.
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I'm kind of a crazy person about hand sanitizer. I carry the plain ones that smell like aloe, from Target or CVS.
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The groups that have awarded them are all a little different. It's a little hard to single out any one for that, but I think the dedication of this building would have to go toward the top of the list.
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Actions are always more complex and nuanced than they seem. We have to be willing to wrestle with paradox in pursuing understanding.
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I was, like, in a rap gang. I loved rap, and it was all around me.
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When my job was attempting to predict future economic developments for the Shell oil company, I was frequently reminded of an Arabic saying: 'Those who claim to foresee the future are lying, even if by chance they are later proved right.'
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The goal wasn't to create a billion-dollar company. The goal was to create something useful where I could learn things.
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I originally just wanted to be an artist.
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I do not fear Satan half so much as I fear those who fear him.
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'Curvy' is just a polite way of saying 'fat.'
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My left brain has gradually 'eaten' the right-brain capabilities away.
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Men and women who know the brutal reality of war, who know that war strips people of their very humanity, must unite in a new global partnership for peace.
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Any conversations we hear about 'So who are Pearl Jam marketing to?' are despicable.
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I have no way of knowing why my career has lasted so long other than the fact that people like the sound of my voice. Fortunately, I've been able to maintain it.
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I have a younger brother and sister who actually play in my band, and we were always into Disney music, big time. The first time I heard myself sing was when I recorded myself singing a Disney song. I remember it because it was awful, and I didn't expect to hear that. I think it was 'A Whole New World' from 'Aladdin.'
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When companies minimize their costs, they can spend more on R & D and marketing. It's just very logical.
