Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Quotes
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Basically, my socialization as a child didn't come from any schooling; it came from being in theater and meeting people online.
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Be original; don't be scared of being bold!
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Insanity - a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world.
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I think suicide is the most perfect thing you can do in life.
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It was clear to my parents that I had the gift of voice, and they encouraged me to pursue it.
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Taxi drivers used to ask me what kind of music I did, and I'd say, 'Well, it's kind of jazz, soul, classical' - but that makes no sense to anyone.
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If you are different, or you have minimum possibilities, you can still succeed. I am living proof of that.
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Self-expression is always a right, but it's still not there to be abused.
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I molded myself against le Front National. Against hate speech, be it racist, sexist, xenophobic, or homophobic. Against the kind of injustice I faced during my own life.
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People were already beginning to forget, what horrible suffering the war had brought them. I did not want to cause fear and panic, but to let people know how dreadful war is and so to stimulate people's powers of resistance.
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Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.
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I really do not care if it is a B-movie or not.
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The Celtic Church as we know it, till gradually brought under Roman discipline, was purely monastic. The monasteries were the centres whence the ministry of souls was exercised.
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A right is not what someone gives you; it's what no one can take from you.
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The important thing is this: to be able, at any moment, to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.
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I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes.
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It is immoral to use private property in order to alleviate the horrible evils that result from the institution of private property.
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The majority is always sane.
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Not everyone is born to run a $4 billion company. There is no magic formula. I've learned, and I've grown by learning. That's why I've enjoyed being in business so much: It's stretched me.
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It is a truth universally acknowledged, in the enlightened liberal semi-socialist California circles in which I often move, that Uber is evil.
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Loving, like prayer, is a power as well as a process. It's curative. It is creative.
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The god on the cross is a curse on life, a signpost to seek redemption from life; Dionysus cut to pieces is a promise of life: it will be eternally reborn and return again from destruction.
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I'm leery of legislative solutions to what is morality.
