Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Quotes
If CEO compensation was performance-driven, which I believe it was in IBM's case, nobody would ever argue. If the shareholders didn't make billions and billions of dollars, I wouldn't make millions of dollars. My salary was the same for 10 years. It was all performance-based.
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The travel and tourism industry, it's just a huge part of our economy.
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Today's designers don't care if fashion has no relationship to human anatomy.
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Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.
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The Catholic Church was the church of the colonial fascist regime.
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And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.
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In the past, the West had tried to export one formula of democracy which should fit to the rest of the world, and they discovered that this doesn't work.
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If you don't improve the lives of the poor, it's not charity.
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If I go out there and am myself, and I do what makes me comfortable and what I think is true to my artistry, and they don't like it, then that's fine. I walk off stage, and I know there's nothing there's nothing I could have done differently.
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There's nothing I like more than picking fresh vegetables then putting them in the dinner you make that night.
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I used to be a dancer, and for me it was a really good combination of dance and acting.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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I live in Italy. I visit my family in Switzerland.
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I would say our sound is soul pop.
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French people are never happy with what they have. They're always complaining. They're happy when they're complaining.
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If I get to spoil myself, I'm going to DQ. I always had it growing up, so I stick to it.
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If you have a passion and love for something, it's hard to give it up. I had jobs where the people were helpful and let me go to auditions, and I'd make up the hours another day. I was lucky in that respect: I could afford to get to London.
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I've sung background for a couple of bands.
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I think that if you can't be loyal to the Church, it's best to get out.
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My tattoo is a phoenix. I got the first when I was 16. I hid it for years.
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I truly believe that we're about to enter a second golden age of design. The first one was in the '50s and '60s, when designers like Raymond Loewy, Charles Eames, George Nelson and Dieter Rams were shepherds of the brands they were working with. They had influence over the products and how companies communicated and promoted themselves.
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I've always said that I don't believe in Santa Claus, but I could make a great movie about him if I set my mind to it.
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I believe that I improve with every book I write - most writers will probably tell you the same thing. I'm still learning my craft and will be until the day I drop dead at my computer. In my opinion, art isn't something that can be perfected. There's always room for improvement.
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You must make women count as much as men; you must have an equal standard of morals; and the only way to enforce that is through giving women political power so that you can get that equal moral standard registered in the laws of the country. It is the only way.
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If CEO compensation was performance-driven, which I believe it was in IBM's case, nobody would ever argue. If the shareholders didn't make billions and billions of dollars, I wouldn't make millions of dollars. My salary was the same for 10 years. It was all performance-based.
