Ryan Tedder Quotes
I knew I could make money from songwriting, so how much and when was not really the question.
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I live in a 'sky island,' a unique mountain valley environment where half the animal species of North America can be found.
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So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.
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I'm one of those idiots; when I'm working in America, I wake up with an American accent and stay with it all day till make-up comes off.
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I hadn't focused on mechanics since I signed professionally.
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I was a kid who had asthma and bifocals and wore sweater vests.
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I think the new generation is much more demanding about respect for the environment than we have ever imagined.
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It is possible that blondes also prefer gentlemen.
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I spent 250 to 300 days of every year on the road. But in the end, I felt something was missing. I needed to be anchored so I could concentrate, so in 2000, I established a new methodology - the one I use today. I spent the week in my office and travelled every weekend, even at Christmas.
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I'm not into the attention thing so much.
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I'm not a Democrat.
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If it wasn't for golf, I'd probably still be peddling jewelry or be in the sugar mills somewhere.
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I actually like getting out of my comfort zone. It shakes me up.
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There are constant challenges in the drawing process, especially in a period piece, and therein lay the fun.
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I'm for people bettering themselves, no matter who they are and where they are, doing all they can to be all they can be.
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All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face of the Earth.
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We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can - namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us.
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As a teenager, I preferred the company of boys to girls, focusing always on the most indifferent male and flirting with him until he became my slave.
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I can't say that I've made the transition to movies.
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I just find that people can waste a lot of time in meetings, so I try to restrict meetings to the minimum that they need to be. But I have lots of time in my day where I am available to have informal conversations, where I grab someone to talk, and people can just walk up to my desk and talk to me.
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Consumer habits are key to understanding how to launch a product.
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I bought an insurance policy covering the inheritance tax my kids will have to pay when we die, which I thought was a good bit of forward thinking. And I always know I'm going to have enough for tax because I make sure I keep it back in my business account.
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I never thought about money; otherwise, I would have left aged 26 when Real Madrid and Barcelona wanted me.
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Many businesses fail because the owner wasn't willing to invest and wasn't educated on the difference between spending money frivolously and investing money into the business for growth, and the risks and rewards of that cash infusion.
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I knew I could make money from songwriting, so how much and when was not really the question.
