Chris Slade (Christopher Slade Rees) Quotes
I come from the showbiz side of things. As I say, my father was a tap dancer. You do everything you can to entertain the public.
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My whole reason for creating a network is literally to bring little pieces of light. It's to continue to spread little pieces of light in the world, to illuminate the possibility of the human spirit.
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There is no problem that is not improved by effort, and no effort that is too paltry to be worth undertaking.
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What people say isn't going to stop me. I have to do things for myself.
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A startup is literally just a series of unfortunate events where you failed, failed, failed, and failed until you succeed.
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When I listen to most forms of music, in their most raw and pure, it all has a punk edge to me, like Lead Belly, Jimmie Rodgers, Otis Redding or Nirvana.
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Arsene Wenger asked me to have a trial with Arsenal when I was 17. I turned it down. Zlatan doesn't do auditions.
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Geniuses are the luckiest of mortals because what they must do is the same as what they most want to do.
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I see there is a lot of behaviour in men's fashion, which is systematic. It's a lot about all these kind of clothes that can be easily combined with each other, and it's less and less, I think, about making a fashion statement.
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The gospel music and doo-wop is what has informed me personally.
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But all that being said about modulation, if you're serving people delicious food, they won't complain.
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By nature and doctrines I am addicted to the habit of discovering choice places wherein to feed.
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The America's Cup is like driving your Lamborghini to the Grand Prix track to watch the charter buses race.
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I don't know if I see myself as an actress for the rest of my life.
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The idea of cross-border payments is going to completely go away... Our vision is for there to be no distinction between international and domestic payments.
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It's easy to see why pitchers respect McGwire. If you hit behind him, they're saying that they don't respect you. You have to change their thinking.
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Roc Nation is such an incredible, unique team, especially in the music industry. Everyone genuinely loves and cares about each other.
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The man who treasures his friends is usually solid gold himself.
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About two-thirds of bachelor's degree holders borrow to go to school, and on average they're graduating with more than $26,000 in debt.
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A place of freedom is the best place to have the most creativity.
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We've got a yawl named the Phebe, which is named for a boat in a whaling journal my father and I edited. We keep a copy of the journal on board.
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My father was a classical musician and my mother was a writer.
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It is not possible to engage in the direct apostolate without being a soul of prayer. We must be aware of oneness with Christ, as he was aware of oneness with his Father. Our activity is truly apostolic only insofar as we permit him to work in us and through us with his power, with his desire, with his love.
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I come from the showbiz side of things. As I say, my father was a tap dancer. You do everything you can to entertain the public.
