Alan Mulally Quotes
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Just be patient. Let the game come to you. Don't rush. Be quick, but don't hurry.
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The main objective of our cinema is to entertain. If you can pass on a message at the same time, that is fantastic, but if the audience does not feel they are going to be entertained by the film, they are not going to watch it. There are many examples of very responsible and great films that are being made, but nobody goes to watch them.
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I happen to miss the Constitution; I thought it was a good document.
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I just can't get used to the idea of being somebody unreal in people's minds. I can't live my life like that. And it's just anathema to being a writer. It's not healthy.
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I was thinking about it: so many of my stories are about my family life, not about being related to a lot of famous people. That's my grandma, that's my mama, my daddy, my aunt, my uncle, my stepdaddy. I'd probably tell them even if they weren't well known.
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Music isn't like news, where it's what happened five minutes ago or even 10 seconds ago that matters. With music, a song from the 1960s could be as relevant to someone today as the latest Ke$ha song.
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Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.
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I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures.
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My entry into the environmental arena was through the issue that so dramatically - and destructively - demonstrates the link between science and social action: nuclear weapons.
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When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder.
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I'm not a collector. I toss things out all the time.
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The celebration of homeownership seems to be part of a countermovement against popular owning of shares in corporations.
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I'm happy pretty well anywhere on this big, beautiful planet.
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It's been amazing how this crazy career has been created. I feel that it's been given to me. I wouldn't be anywhere without Victoria's Secret.
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To win the cause we all believe in, the spread of true democracy all over the world, we need to win by example, not just with speeches but by example; not just with military might but by gaining the respect of the world.
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Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
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I may have had a lot of luck in my life, but I still need to find a challenge in the game.
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Horrors, I believe, should be original - the use of common myths and legends being a weakening influence.
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I've been obsessed with the Kennedys since I was a child, and Bobby Kennedy is, hands down, my favorite among them.
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One of the reasons I didn't ever pursue a career - in the music world if you're black or mixed, you need to be able to belt a song or else you're not a singer, you know?
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The intelligence of few perceives what has been carefully hidden in the recesses of the mind.
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I do make a conscious effort to bring energy every day. Have fun, keep stuff light, all of that stuff.
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The key to life is your attitude. Whether you're single or married or have kids or don't have kids, it's how you look at your life, what you make of it. It's about making the best of your life wherever you are in life.
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A gas tax could be one important element of an integrated energy policy.
