Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Quotes
Our military should be trained and structured around missions, not the elements of air, water, and land.

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I'm more the sort of person who doesn't like hugging strangers because we don't know each other, so we shouldn't.
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Post-Modernism was a reaction against Modernism. It came quite early to music and literature, and a little later to architecture. And I think it's still coming to computer science.
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New technologies such as solar systems or hybrid cars aren't created overnight. By extending these tax credits we are giving this industry time to grow, branch out and succeed.
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When you play on a team, you learn that there will always be five guys you like, a bunch of guys who are OK, and five you despise. The trick to getting along in any system is not to worry about the five you despise.
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If small things have the power to disturb you, then who you think you are is exactly that: small.
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Writing never comes easy. The difference between Page 2 and Page Nothing is the difference between life and death.
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Architecture is how the person places herself in the space. Fashion is about how you place the object on the person.
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I am a Zionist.
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Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
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The question for immigration reform is not if we'll get it done, it's when we'll get it done. It's going to get done.
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People want entertainment, a whole night of it, a whole experience.
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It's just different in the music world. You come more with an entourage.
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I got lost but look what I found.
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We have plenty of technologies we could use to destroy the planet, and we don't. There's more love on this planet than hate; there's more creativity than destructive power.
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I always loved Hanks in 'Philadelphia' and 'Forrest Gump' and watching how versatile he was. That shaped my impression of what someone was able to do. Of course, everything De Niro came up with was always something I was taken by.
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We cannot afford idleness, waste or inefficiency.
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That's the great thing about art. Anybody can do it if you just believe. With practice, you can make great paintings.
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Privacy isn't negotiable. It's the right of every American.
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I've stolen a couple of hearts and they are in my private collection!
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I had a meeting with the producer of 'Five Easy Pieces,' which is my favorite movie. He introduced me to Francis, and I spent six months going to Napa and Buenos Aires, auditioning for Francis and doing these incredible improvisational games. It was a very bohemian audition process.
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I'm 99 today and I'll be 100 tomorrow. It's another day.
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I have never wanted special attention. I was only willing to do what was asked of me and what seemed necessary at the time.
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Rich white people show up in a poor country to pursue their leisure-time fun, get served by black and brown people, and live in relative - or absolute - comfort. In the water, that situation can get turned on its head, though. Local kids learn to surf, know the breaks, and take most or all of the best waves, fuming turistas be damned.
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Our military should be trained and structured around missions, not the elements of air, water, and land.