Les Brown Quotes
You need to make a commitment, and once you make it, then life will give you some answers.
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I got a New York designer to build my dream store here, which is a little bit of Florence in New York. It's like the Duomo on Madison. I got inspired by Santa Maria Novella and all the Renaissance architecture.
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I think you have to keep a childlike quality to play music or make a record.
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I believe in the institution of marriage and it's like a tag to cement the relationship for your friends, family and public.
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This invisibility, however, means that the opportunities for creative research are infinite.
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When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, 'Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe?
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In our local Baptist church, I sang in the choir and formed a gospel quartet. When our minister caught me messing with his guitar, he taught me three positions – one, four and five. After that, I taught myself to play.
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We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made.
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I don't want to subject myself just to one scheme. I think it's just if you can play, you can play no matter what scheme you play in.
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Whenever you get to win, you feel the satisfaction of all of your hard work, all the sacrifices, all the blood, sweat and tears. It feels right and makes you realise that you are really doing the right thing.
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We need a commander in chief that speaks the truth. We will not defeat radical Islamic terrorism so long as we have a president unwilling to utter the words 'radical Islamic terrorism'.
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Homecourt is everything in the NBA.
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We began intercepting Japanese radio transmissions, which indicated the two forces were very close to each other. We found out later that we were moving in opposite directions and passed each other by 32 miles.
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During the Cold War, the U.S. instituted a policy of sending money to governments in poor countries to buy their political loyalty. While studies show that sending aid to foreign governments creates allegiance, it does not lead to economic progress.
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In business, every phase of things counts. Companies that just yell out a low price today to win business aren't going to make money in the long term.
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I think management and technology all come into play in building a super-yacht. It is a challenge - a serious challenge.
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AT&T is interested in anything that drives more bandwidth requirements, and Apple TV drives significant bandwidth, and the iPhone drives significant bandwidth, and so I think it's a very logical fit.
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In spite of the polls, the fact is that American Muslims are very happy and they thrive in this country.
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New York's definitely got my heart.
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I think it's harder - much harder - to be a good parent than to write a book.
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If you look at satellite photographs of the Far East by night, you'll see a large splotch curiously lacking in light. This area of darkness is the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
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You have to experience real life before you can understand what it means to really worship. That's it.
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Parents are telling other parents that you can save a lot of money renting. Forever they've been looking for a solution to higher textbook prices.
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I don't like being choreographed to a T. I like to take steps and make them my own.
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You need to make a commitment, and once you make it, then life will give you some answers.
