Andrew Mason Quotes
Globally local commerce is a $12 to $14 trillion market. If we get 10 percent of that, we'll be very happy.
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Right now, I'm at the top of the world in my game so my focus isn't on when I'm going to end. My focus is on playing the best tennis that I can, and there is no end to that.
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The media's gotten lazy. They don't check anything out. You report what he reports.
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During the fall and winter we built Fort Meade and the town of Sturgis.
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You're on earth. There's no cure for that.
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Me and my brothers started a musical group early on, and we were playing in places where we really weren't supposed to be.
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I studied the lives of jazz singers who would tour Europe, and... what I learned was life was big ride for them. They'd seen the dark side of humanity... but touring the world playing jazz, it was a truly carefree way of living. A great escapism, if you like.
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We didn't have much money growing up, so we hopped around L.A. a lot in the '70s, '80s and '90s. I'm very familiar with the shifting culture there.
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On banks, I make no apology for attacking spivs and gamblers who did more harm to the British economy than Bob Crow could achieve in his wildest Trotskyite fantasies, while paying themselves outrageous bonuses underwritten by the taxpayer. There is much public anger about banks and it is well deserved.
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I try to support stories that enable us to see the difficulties in our society and the challenges we face, which is why I've also produced documentaries like 'Brick City' and 'Serving Life.'
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We've been brought up to pick one thing in life and become really good at just that. But that's never what I wanted to be. I was always interested in many things at the same time, and I wanted to try all of them at the same time, too.
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People know that I am a very good author. But they would rather read what I have to say about the next election.
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The hard work definitely paid off and hard work always does.
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They thought I was a success as soon as I started paying the bills.
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Speaking purely from a musical standpoint, I think I am a great performer.
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I think New York audiences are some of the brightest in the world, and certainly the most enthusiastic.
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I have no regrets. I've got my health.
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I want to see children curled up with books, finding an awareness of themselves as they discover other people's thoughts. I want them to make the connection that books are people's stories, that writing is talking on paper, and I want them to write their own stories. I'd like my books to provide that connection for them.
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I love my daddy. My daddy's everything. I hope I can find a man that will treat me as good as my dad.
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Political ideology can corrupt the mind, and science.
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I am intrigued with the shapes people choose as their symbols to create a language. There is within all forms a basic structure, an indication of the entire object with a minimum of lines that becomes a symbol. This is common to all languages, all people, all times.
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I can never make up my mind if I'm happy being a flute player, or if I wish I were Eric Clapton.
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I'm so happy to have been a part of that process and I would go straight back into the desert in a ton of chain mail for Ridley any day of the week. He's an amazing director and I can't wait to see the long version.
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When you're a child, no matter if you're doing show business or sports or school or anything, you just want to make the adults happy.
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Globally local commerce is a $12 to $14 trillion market. If we get 10 percent of that, we'll be very happy.
