Robert De Niro Quotes

Reputation, you know – a lifetime to build, seconds to destroy.

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• Exposure is about, among other things, the ferocity of the press and the way - in an echo of some of Shakespeare's plays - the modern media creates heroes to destroy them.

  

  Mal Peet
  • Media
  • Destroy
  • Heroes

• It's not diversity that is going to destroy us, but fear of diversity.

  

  Federica Mogherini
  • Fear
  • Diversity
  • Destroy

• My main motivation is not to get bored. I'm just hoping I get a vaguely maverick reputation.

  

  Vikram Seth
  • Bored
  • motivation
  • Just

• Now, my father Matthias was not only eminent on account of is nobility, but had a higher commendation on account of his righteousness, and was in great reputation in Jerusalem, the greatest city we have.

  

  Flavius Josephus
  • Great
  • Father
  • City

• Shallow communities are relatively easy to build.

  

  Malcolm Gladwell
  • Easy
  • Build
  • Shallow

• The lark that shuns on lofty boughs to build, Her humble nest, lies silent in the field.

  

  Edmund Waller
  • Humble
  • Build
  • Nest

• Authentic power is the real deal. You can't inherit it, buy it, or win it. You also can't lose it. You don't need to build your body, reputation, wealth, or charisma to get it.

  

  Gary Zukav
  • Real
  • Power
  • Win

• Economic, social, and other kinds of regional cooperation are not possible so long as there is apartheid. Therefore, it seems the duty of all mankind to destroy it.

  

  Samora Machel
  • Long
  • Destroy
  • Cooperation

• Those who insist on having hostilities with us, kill and destroy the option of friendship with us in the future, which is unfortunate because it is clear the future belongs to Iran and that enmities will be fruitless.

  

  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
  • Future
  • Friendship
  • Option

• A journalist can make or break a case, in a way, because they can figure out things the police can't, or they can destroy people's lives.

  

  Vicky McClure
  • People
  • Police
  • Destroy

• I propose to build for eternity.

  

  Filippo Brunelleschi
  • Build
  • Eternity
  • Propose

• Bill Gates is the pope of the personal computer industry. He decides who's going to build.

  

  Larry Ellison
  • Build
  • Personal
  • Computers

• Telluride has an incredible history and reputation, and I've long known of it as a unique entity that makes a place for writers - one more aspect of this exceptional film festival in the Colorado Alps.

  

  Rachel Kushner
  • Long
  • History
  • Unique

• For most of our history, no one dared to tell Americans, 'you don't build that.'

  

  Rand Paul
  • History
  • You
  • Build

• I had a national and international reputation. I had written the history and articles. So I brought to the Trotskyist movement some international reputation.

  

  C. L. R. James
  • History
  • Reputation

• The prevailing structures of personal reputation and career advancement mean the biggest rewards often follow the flashiest work, not the best.

  

  Randy Schekman
  • Work
  • Career
  • Best

• Between Twitter and Facebook, early word of mouth for a film can destroy it immediately or take something you've never heard of and make it a huge hit.

  

  Dana Brunetti
  • Never
  • Destroy
  • Early

• I own buildings. I'm a builder; I know how to build. Nobody can build like I can build. Nobody. And the builders in New York will tell you that. I build the best product. And my name helps a lot.

  

  Donald Trump
  • New York
  • Build
  • Buildings

• The world is a sacred vessel that cannot be changed. He who changes it will destroy it. He who seizes it will lose it.

  

  Lao Tzu
  • World
  • Changed
  • Destroy

• It is Enterprise which build and improves the world's possessions...If Enterprise is afoot, Wealth accumulates whatever may be happening to Thrift; and if Enterprise is asleep, Wealth decays, whatever Thrift may be doing.

  

  John Maynard Keynes
  • Build
  • Enterprise
  • World`s possessions

• The most important thing in the world for show business, really, you know everything's a high-tech business, but what people want now is what they can't get - exclusivity.

  

  Mike Tyson
  • People
  • Business
  • Important Things

• When you’re first thinking through an idea, it’s important not to get bogged down in complexity. Thinking simply and clearly, is hard to do.

  

  Richard Branson
  • Thinking
  • Idea
  • Complexity

• I have come to see more and more that one of the most decisive steps that the Negro can take is that little walk to the voting booth. That is an important step. We've got to gain the ballot, and through that gain, political power.

  

  Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • Power
  • Ballot
  • Decisive Steps

• Reputation, you know – a lifetime to build, seconds to destroy.

  

  Robert De Niro
  • Destroy
  • Build
  • Reputation