Elaine Chao Quotes
Many Enron employees lost 70 percent to 90 percent of their retirement assets after the company indicated that it would re-state profit reports.
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I've always - honestly - never thought of myself as an independent director.
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If you're going to maintain true authorities over a subordinate organization, you have to have some control over policy formulation of that organization and also the resources that are applied to it.
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I like when everything's naturally moving along - I find that pretty exciting.
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The thoughtful soul to solitude retires.
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I'm very passionate about my two Dobermans, Stella and Mr Jonty. I go on and on and on about them, and people have to tell me to shut up before I get out pictures of them.
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I've always loved projects where I can combine acting and music.
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Whenever I come across an Arabic word mired in English text, I am momentarily shocked out of the narrative.
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Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.
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When people are poor, they find ways of making things taste like fish.
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Paddy Considine is a great friend of mine, and he is a natural actor because he is an artist, and I'm not an artist. If I ever blow my own trumpet, it's as a craftsman.
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Other people pull off amazing festivals and events and things like that. I think ours is a little bit different, and that's what makes us distinct.
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The days of the painter at the Bauhaus appear to be truly over. They are estranged from the actual core of present activities, and their influence is more restricting than inspiring.
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When you concentrate on agriculture and industry and are frugal in expenditures, Heaven cannot impoverish your state.
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On television, I tried to absolutely hew to the middle of the road and not show any prejudice or bias in any way.
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There is no kind of music I don't listen to. Everything good is interesting. I am as happy with a Bach fugue as I am with a record by Thelonious Monk.
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I'm not really into weight training.
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The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution.
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Those who said I'm not an out-and-out goal-scorer are probably right. I always feel I could score more.
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I love the idea that we put in jokes the kids don't get. And that later, when they grow up and read a few books and go to college and watch the show again, they can get it on a completely different level.
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Love of one is a piece of barbarism: for it is practised at the expense of all others. Love of God likewise.
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We are all lucky to be here, we are lucky to be on stage and have millions of people watch us.
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The purpose of our life needs to be positive. We weren't born with the purpose of causing trouble, harming others. For our life to be of value, I think we must develop basic good human qualities - warmth, kindness, compassion. Then our life becomes meaningful and more peaceful - happier.
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At the heart of all problems lies the politics of the country.
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Many Enron employees lost 70 percent to 90 percent of their retirement assets after the company indicated that it would re-state profit reports.
