Lee Iacocca Quotes
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Look at how hard it was to get to where I am. It doesn't make sense to give it up.
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I am obsessed with the Great Depression and with former showgirls - and the Victorians - the idea of wistful, dark romance.
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I learned that sometimes our struggles are a little bit bigger than us and talking about them and coming through and having the courage to get out of them. I learned how many I touched and inspired through the journey of 'Idol' because I was just singing on the show. I wasn't really being an advocate for anything.
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'Dr. Strangelove' was and is one of my favorite movies ever, and I just can't believe they actually blew up the world after that.
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A record deal doesn't make you an artist; you make yourself an artist.
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It is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception and compassion and hope.
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Some people think they should go to Heaven but not have to die to get there. Sorry, but that's simply not how it works.
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We are all in this together. We will all make it or none of us will make it. If everyone cleans up their act except one big ole country, it isn't going to work.
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If you get a chance to be part of a Judd Apatow film, you just say yes.
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You want to help gay kids, you have to reach them in middle school and high school, when they're being bullied.
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I guess the reality is, everybody today has so many gadgets.
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Anybody can do a deal. The tough part is doing the deal at the right time, being strategic.
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When you're young, you don't think very far ahead. You just think in terms of the next day, the next week, the next competition. You don't think about injuries that could threaten your long-term health.
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I will not promote other people's songs big time. I will just mention that I produced the song to get the credit I think I deserve.
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The past two decades revolutionized the way we access information. You and I can have our questions answered with the click of a mouse at any time of day. If America, both corporation and citizen alike, can use these services to solve problems, why can't Washington?
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In high school I had B's and C's, not too many A's, but I must have done well on that medical school test, and I must have had some charisma in the interview, so I ended up in medicine. Being a general practitioner was all I aspired to.
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Some day I shall be President.
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It's much easier to write when you're sad. But you can end up isolated and depressed because you almost need to put yourself in that situation to have that angst to write from.
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My people are mostly underweight or overweight - however it is they turned out, like good bread. Bring back the hunched-over people... Bring back humanity.
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I'm not in power, but my ideas are in power. And my ideas will prevail.
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It's just really fulfilling to celebrate with a group of folks, a team, than it is personally.
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You don't hire for mediocrity. Instead, you bring people onto your team because you know that they'll make a valuable contribution and turn in amazing work. But, in order to have that expectation, you need to make sure you're fostering an environment that allows them to do so.
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I've always found that the speed of the boss is the speed of the team.
