Les Wexner Quotes
Growing up, I knew you were supposed to have a profession - and something better than being a shopkeeper, which is what my parents were.
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Humor disarms people. It opens them up to starting a dialogue about things they wouldn't normally talk about. I don't understand how people who don't have a sense of humor get through life.
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When I hear someone, instantaneously, I'm like, 'Who's singing?' You're giving people so much of yourself, and my voice is the most natural, distinctive tool I have. It's up to me to express myself on a wider scale than just writing vocal melodies and lyrics.
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I'm still number one and I just recently won a major tournament ahead of my toughest rivals so I think I had a few years ahead of me if I decided to stay.
Garry Kasparov -
Everybody has to agree that the best thing we can do to start reducing the deficit in this country is to put people back to work.
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It's great to play someone who's so unafraid of being who she is.
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Often you see big companies, big banks who are eager to embrace crushing regulatory burdens because they drive up everyone's costs.
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From the catbird seat, I've found poetry to be the necessary utterance it has always been in America.
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Yoga means union, in all its significances and dimensions.
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I'm a big believer in keeping the stage directions really tight.
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The tongue is the only tool that gets sharper with use.
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Amazon's 'Twitch' appears to be creating a service that operates like Twitter.
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On 'Grey's Anatomy' I wouldn't care what I was playing - I would play a corpse, 'cause I love it that much. It is deep true love, and it will never die.
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Deepen your existing spiritual commitment.
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I have no hostility to nature, but a child's love to it. I expand and live in the warm day like corn and melons.
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Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.
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I started as kind of an outsider - freelancer working from home, building contacts from the ground up etc. - so I didn't have too many relationships holding me back.
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I was picked up on a London street by a model agent. She took me to her office and then sent me to Paris to work in shows. It was supposed to be two weeks, but I ended up living there with my Zimbabwean boyfriend. I made enough money modeling and acting in French movies to buy a nice flat.
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My ambition is to get better as an actor.
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One of the big drivers for me is that health care is a very elitist system. As much as we try to make it free and democratic for all, the reality is that it's expensive and not all therapies are accessible to all people. So I have been very focused on making sure that we democratize genetic information so it's available to everyone.
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You can't climb up to the second floor without a ladder. When you set your aim too high and don't fulfill it, then your enthusiasm turns to bitterness. Try for a goal that's reasonable, and then gradually raise it.
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The modern era has brought up immense conveniences but at what price. The human heart is desperate for something more than a quicker serving of popcorn.
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Afghanistan is very satisfied with Croatia's participation in the NATO-led peace mission and expects Croatia to expand its contribution to peace restoration in Afghanistan to other areas as well.
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I have always believed that exercise is the key not only to physical health but to peace of mind.
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Growing up, I knew you were supposed to have a profession - and something better than being a shopkeeper, which is what my parents were.
