Lee R. Raymond Quotes
It makes no sense to talk of the social obligations of the corporation without reference to its economic obligations. The two are intertwined.
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As a writer, I had learned a lot on 'Margin Call' about embracing the weaknesses of a narrative and of a project. A story always has an inherent narrative weakness.
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I don't know what impression you might have of the way I live. I live in a quiet place. I do not live as a hermit, though other people would prefer it if I did.
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What we prefer to do is operate our investment bank in a way that is like what investment banks used to be, which is a middle man - someone who is here to match people who need capital with people who have capital - and not position ourselves at the center of that by taking big positions on a trading stance.
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When you're in a high-stress situation, dynamics between people can change.
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Listening to soft music and the sound of the ocean is quite relaxing to me.
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There is an epidemic right now of girls dumbing themselves down... in middle school because they think it makes them attractive.
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I have always done my duty. I am ready to die. My only regret is for the friends I leave behind me.
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If you only get money, but you don't care about a thing, right or wrong, you cannot last. That cannot sustain you for the future.
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There was endless controversy as to whether the acts of the New Deal did actually move recovery or retard it, and nothing final could ever come of that bitter debate because it is forever impossible to prove what might have happened in place of what did.
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To me, the idea of success is to be able to work with people you admire.
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Anything that's feathery-looking, I love.
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Many people think voice over artists just read, there's much more to it. Without acting beats, scene study and improving skills, you won't make it.
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He that overvalues himself will undervalue others, and he that undervalues others will oppress them.
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Unless I am both capable of and willing to reopen the wound every time I write a song, if I choose to not look inside myself to write music, I'm really not worth being called an artist at all.
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Saying the Washington Post is just a newspaper is like saying Rasputin was just a country priest.
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My idea of working out is going upstairs in my apartment.
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We live in a world of replicas, and I try desperately in a world of replicas to produce things that are not replicas of anything.
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If the believers of the present-day religions would earnestly try to think and act in the spirit of the founders of these religions then no hostility on the basis of religion would exist among the followers of the different faiths. Even the conflicts and the realm of religion would be exposed as insignificant.
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You need to put what you learn into practice and do it over and over again until it's a habit. I always say, 'Seeing is not believing. Doing is believing.' There is a lot to learn about fitness, nutrition and emotions, but once you do, you can master them instead of them mastering you.
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Literature seemed to be everything then. People looked to it for the strength to live, for guidance, for revelation.
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Just because something has tubes doesn't mean it's the best. I mean, tubes are obviously good, but the circuit of this thing is designed well and it sounds good.
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Everyone can make their own decisions about what's going on. It's not for players to answer. It's just a tough situation right now.
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It makes no sense to talk of the social obligations of the corporation without reference to its economic obligations. The two are intertwined.
