Anthony Pratt Quotes
High-profile industry disruptions such as steel or car plant closures attract much media and political attention.
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I believe a lot in monogamy, let me tell you.
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Why does it appear that interested readers so often attribute flaws to 'the press' rather than taking particular issue with particular reports?
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Feminism is dead. The movement is absolutely dead. The women's movement tried to suppress dissident voices for way too long. There's no room for dissent.
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The reality is the majority of us will not get off this planet. So the long run is, some kind of space exploration has to benefit us here on Earth.
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There's nowhere like Detroit; it's a modern necropolis: all these art deco masterpieces crumbling away.
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Our entire film fraternity should be proud of 'Baahubali.' These are the kind of films that are not made very often.
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Intellectual Ventures is a company that invests in invention.
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I hate competition.
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I'm not a cheater, but if I win Olympic gold and people are looking at me and saying I am a cheat because I've won, it's hugely disrespectful given the hard work I've put in.
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The key to U.N. reform is giving Americans a clearer picture of what the U.N. is and what it isn't, what it can be and what it can't be.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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We all have our strengths and our failings.
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I learned early on that one of the secrets of campus leadership was the simplest thing of all: speak to people coming down the sidewalk before they speak to you. I would always look ahead and speak to the person coming toward me. If I knew them I would call them by name, but even if I didn't I would still speak to them.
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Ah, I am thinking people put more in their prayers than was ever put in them by God.
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Having stretched the boundaries some, I'm perfectly content now to work within them. 'Doonesbury' doesn't need to become 'South Park.' You won't ever see any singing turds.
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Sometimes, I get afraid it has defined me, that sense of grief, loss and illness. But actually, it is about allowing myself to take hold and say: 'This is part of who I am, but not only who I am.'
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For very long, I wasn't able to find a place for myself in movies. After my initial success, I didn't know how to capitalise on it.
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I don't look like a white woman. I look Somali.
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I wish I could be as commanding as Meryl Streep.
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... A power of obtaining veracity in the representation of material and tangible things, which, within certain limits and conditions, is unimpeachable, has now been placed in the hands of all men, almost without labour. (1853)
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Empathy is the bridge to understand those who you may be lucky to one day lead, and it is - in my opinion - the most under-appreciated human skill in business.
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I am not the type of person who lets the pressure get to him. I try to see it as my friend. I align with it to calm me down.
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High-profile industry disruptions such as steel or car plant closures attract much media and political attention.
