John D. Rockefeller Quotes
Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It's to see my dividends coming in.
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My motivation has always been health - eating healthy and taking care of myself.
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I been through some things but I worked hard to get to where I'm at.
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All of my favorite people - people I really trust - none of them were cool in their younger years.
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If there are negative people around me, I just try to distance myself from that.
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I think I'm a nervous laugher. Like, when you're in a situation that you don't know what's going on, you go to laughter more than anything.
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It only took one text message to change my life. That's when I discovered my loving husband had been unfaithful. His infidelities ended our marriage.
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Young women and men who joined the far-left groups did so for the best of reasons. They wanted to change the world. Many fought against the stifling atmosphere in many groups.
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The general message would be to say to all these young people: If you have entrepreneurial aspirations, there is money, there are consumers, there is a huge market. The only thing you need to do is to go there and start doing things.
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I'm mostly influenced by life, what's around me, and my own childhood.
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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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It's true - women want the fantasy. So give them romance - but without the desperation, wondering, and waiting you see in the movies.
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I grew up really close to Alabama, about 10 minutes from the Alabama line. We'd make trips to Alabama, and I feel at home there.
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I'm close with my parents. I have a lot of acquaintances, but my very good close friends are few I can count my very good friends on one hand. And that's how I like it to be.
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I'm young enough not to be a rival to Mr. Basescu.
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I am a great friend of public amusements, they keep people from vice.
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The success of the storytellers - we're only as good as what we can withhold from the audience. Aspects of surprise and letting things play out for the audience - it's so much a part of their enjoyment. It's one of the great things about working in the movies and being a great storyteller.
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My flat in Ladbroke Grove, west London, is in the best building in the world. It's like a commune - everyone gets on - and on Friday evenings I often cook us all dinner.
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I like Barrington Leavey; he's the best, and Toots and The Maytals are also the best.
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Coming out as a gay man, it was very much about finding my own identity and dealing with labeling.
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I get the celebrity game now - you can go from being hot to fighting to be seen.
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The norm is white, apparently, in the view of people who see things in that way. For them, the only reason you would introduce a black character is to introduce this kind of abnormality. Usually, it's because you're telling a story about racism or at least about race.
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Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It's to see my dividends coming in.
