Alan Mulally Quotes
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Apple Computer would not have reached its current peak of success if it had feared to roll the dice and launch products that didn't always hit the mark. In the mid-1990s, the company was considered washed up, Steve Jobs had departed, and a string of lackluster product launches unrelated to the company's core business.
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If you look at the scientists who really make a difference, they think boldly. They're not afraid to question what they see.
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I'm not afraid of change, let's put it that way.
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Denmark is, like, the flattest country on Earth.
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I love iTunes as much as anybody. It's very convenient and very easy. But there is nothing like the vibe that you get when you walk into a record store. And I think a lot of people are still thrilled to spend a half hour there and go through the bins and make some purchases.
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I shop more than most women.
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I love anything that involves the ocean. Swimming, snorkelling or surfing are all fun, which distracts from your mind that you are actually doing a workout. Being outdoors in the sun and the salt water is great for freeing your mind and feeling alive.
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When you look at a movie, you look at a director's thought process.
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Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.
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I was known as the chief grave robber of my state.
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The poverty from which I have suffered could be diagnosed as 'Soho' poverty. It comes from having the airs and graces of a genius and no talent.
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Not unless I do all these ancient and Italian or French or Baroque in the beginnning, I do German.
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Going to the Oscars is always the most sensory overload and a huge amount of fun.
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God is not just, God is not kind, God is not merciful, and understanding that is essential to true devotion.
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I love Cincinnati, and I want to be there.
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The system in Sweden is great because you get free healthcare and free education; someone who doesn't have a lot of money can become a doctor or lawyer. There's good paternity and maternity leave - the U.S. is probably the only civilised country in the world that doesn't give parents anything.
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I sat through Ladies and Gentlemen, the Rolling Stones like three times at the Skyway when it came out.
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If Congress does its job in this regard, the residents of Puerto Rico will be empowered to act in their own self-interest and express their future political status aspirations accordingly.
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I act here and there but you have to commit so far out in advance when you're directing that you - I'm kind of booked six months out, so it's hard.
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I never like being touched, ever. People used to say I held my breath when they were hugging me. I still do.
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If all you're doing is playing it safe - trying to make the same movie over and over again - that's when the audiences say, 'Oh, this is just a moneymaking machine.' But if it's genuinely in service to the art form, then the franchise concept is being used in a way that's exciting.
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There is no time like the present.
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Chess is like a language, the top players are very fluent at it. Talent can be developed scientifically but you have to find first what you are good at.
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Boeing is a United States icon.
