Eli Broad Quotes
I can't think of another enterprise other than being a homeowner that can't have its debt restructured in bankruptcy. Corporations can but a homeowner can't? Now with securitization the homeowner can't go to the owner of the loan and work things out.
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Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.
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What I'm trying to do is save and rescue the country if I can, and I'm doing my best to do it.
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Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous.
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Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.
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Nobody can teach what is inside a person; it has to be discovered for oneself and a way must be found to express it.
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Vinyl is democratic, as surely as the iPod is fascist. Vinyl is representational: It has a face. Two faces, in fact, to represent the dualism of human nature. Vinyl occupies physical space honestly, proud as a fat woman dancing.
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At every turn, small businesses should be encouraged to compete. When they do, we all win.
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I've failed those I care most about and let down the people who elected me to represent them.
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In truth, to know oneself seems to be the hardest of all things. Not only our eye, which observes external objects, does not use the sense of sight upon itself, but even our mind, which contemplates intently another's sin, is slow in the recognition of its own defects.
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I see myself as a story teller.
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My role models are people who can do things; I say to myself, 'I wish I could do that.'
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I was supposed to be a doctor. I was supposed to go to Princeton. And everything I was supposed to do I didn't.
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The guitar for me is a translation device. It's not a goal. And in some ways, jazz isn't a destination for me. For me, jazz is a vehicle that takes you to the true destination - a musical one that describes all kinds of stuff about the human condition and the way music works.
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Lester is the Rock of Gibraltar. Nothing can rattle him. I am not. I was always flying off the handle about things. And the one person who could calm me down and make me realize that none of this silliness mattered was Lester Holt.
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Sometimes I hope that through osmosis I might get a workout - just by wearing the clothes.
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I exercise every morning. I do light weights - 5lb and 10lb arm exercises - and then lie and lift my arms and legs. It's all about keeping core strength. I do a lot of stretching too.
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One is certain of nothing but the truth of one's own emotions.
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Strangely enough, the first character in Fried Green Tomatoes was the cafe, and the town. I think a place can be as much a character in a novel as the people.
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Few players hit the swinging forehand volley as often, or as well, as Maria Sharapova.
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I am a compulsive and concise shopper.
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The sex element is the most important in the business. You must sell sex.
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He's a legend and I respect his work, so I went down and paid my respects when Charlton was on the set. He was nice but I think he lied a little. He said it was an honour to be in a movie with me, but I don't believe it.
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I can't think of another enterprise other than being a homeowner that can't have its debt restructured in bankruptcy. Corporations can but a homeowner can't? Now with securitization the homeowner can't go to the owner of the loan and work things out.
