Margaret Heffernan Quotes
Most executives I know are so action-oriented, or action-addicted, that time for reflection is the first casualty of their success.
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I needed to really pursue music and learn what I needed to learn on my own by getting in and doing it, not by reading a book about it.
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In case of doubt, do a little more than you have to.
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Usually, if you read a script by somebody else and there's a dense page of stage directions, people just skip through it or speed read it.
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If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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I do not consider myself beautiful.
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Within NASA, the shuttle is perhaps the least-groundbreaking project. Recall that Apollo was about creating brand-new technologies that did something unprecedented - putting men on the moon. The shuttle is, by comparison, a relic designed to make going into orbit routine.
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The goal is to divide my time between stage and film.
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I eat a lot of chocolate.
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This is just strictly me wanting to make a record that is the real deal. It is all the stuff that I have learned and know that I remember. It's what I perceive as country music is about.
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Not everyone can be successful selling fashion at $25,000 for a wedding outfit. Certain designers are able to do that. And there is only a certain amount of consumers who can do that. The real opportunity is in that $25 garment.
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You are not alone with a guy until you are a proper age. You don't go to certain levels with men until you are married or you have a certain relationship.
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I wasn't a major in political science for nothing, so I understood the politics of beauty and the politics of race when it comes to the fashion industry.
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Even today, I frequently meet scientists who, outside their own narrow discipline, are superstitious.
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Law enforcement officers are never 'off duty.' They are dedicated public servants who are sworn to protect public safety at any time and place that the peace is threatened. They need all the help that they can get.
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In cartoons, in movies, time passes differently. There are flashbacks and flashfowards.
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We were like a stock company at Warners. We didn't know any of the stars from the other studios.
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I don't like men who blow-dry their hair. If you are a man and you blow-dry your hair, then I don't like you and that's all there is to it.
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I read all the time that people think I'm arrogant. They say I am cocky, a bad character. I had that from a young age. But when they meet me, they say, 'That image doesn't fit you.'
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I believe that both Obama and Trump would describe themselves as outsiders.
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I helped write the expunction code in the State of Texas to give people the opportunity to have their names cleared when they have been mistakenly arrested.
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I was very involved with school by the time I was 15 and wasn't working much as a model.
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Lest those islands still seem to you too remote in space and time to be relevant to our modern societies, just think about the risks... of our increasing globalization and increasing worldwide economic interdependence.
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Look, the, the - this country has not lived within its means for a very long time, and, and the truth is we're going to have to take our medicine.
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Most executives I know are so action-oriented, or action-addicted, that time for reflection is the first casualty of their success.
