Eli Broad Quotes
People don't know I've got a deep social conscience. I'm a child of the Depression, born in 1933. My parents were very liberal in their social views.
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I dread shooting with animals. I hope I never get a script with snakes.
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I look at it this way: the WNBA is 13 years young. I think eventually women will get to that point, maybe in my daughter's generation, where their salaries will be similar to men's. But we're still starting off, like, where the NBA was back in the 1950s.
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Any job very well done that has been carried out by a person who is fully dedicated is always a source of inspiration.
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More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth.
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If you're a novelist, as I am in real life, you're usually so desperate for any kind of feedback.
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Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that tool, he would not have had control.
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You can't betray yourself too often, or you become somebody else.
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From the moment I walked into the White House, it was as if I had no privacy at all.
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I never wanted to be one of those actors with a political agenda.
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I ask the rights to pursue happiness by having a voice in that government to which I am accountable.
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I'm a sponge when it comes to stories. I'd say everything influences me in some way, but for 'Red Queen' in particular, I was really affected by the 'A Song of Ice and Fire' series by George R. R. Martin.
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I don't intentionally go: 'Ooh, what is provocative,' and try to do that. I just do stuff, and people go: 'Ooh, that's provocative.'
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I am very lucky, because for the most part people are very nice to me, and I am still able to go about my life and ride the subway and all that.
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I try to keep it the same, try to stay humble.
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I'm forever writing, forever looking for something to direct or produce, and always on the hunt for a great role.
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The recession's high unemployment rates may have encouraged people to start sole proprietorships, but there are many obstacles in the way of growing a company to create jobs.
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I think a great first date would be something different... not like movies or going to dinner... going rock climbing together... doing an activity and then going to dinner, so that you guys share an experience, and then you have something to talk about, and it's not the same old thing.
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Personally, I have nothing against work, particularly when performed, quietly and unobtrusively, by someone else. I just don't happen to think it's an appropriate subject for an 'ethic.'
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I really don't think of myself as a science writer.
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These two entities - Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - are not facing any kind of financial crisis. The more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, the less we will see in terms of affordable housing.
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For us to maintain our way of living, we must tell lies to each other and especially to ourselves. The lies are necessary because, without them, many deplorable acts would become impossibilities.
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The intellect of the wise is like glass; it admits the light of heaven and reflects it.
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I'm picking and choosing in terms of the stress factor. If it's not fun, I'm not going to do it.
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People don't know I've got a deep social conscience. I'm a child of the Depression, born in 1933. My parents were very liberal in their social views.
