Ken Venturi Quotes
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To be is to do.
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I wanna create a character that's really memorable... like Julia Roberts did in 'Pretty Woman.'
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I feel quite excited about the possibility of working on multiple albums. There's something really iconic about having a catalog featuring a lot of albums, and I'd love to have that legacy.
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We didn't push the Russians to intervene, but we knowingly increased the probability that they would.
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Americans are really obsessed with their teeth being white and straight, aren't they? I saw this little girl the other day with one of those whole head braces. Elastic all the way around! How traumatizing for a child to have to wear one of those! You look like a monster.
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I love Darius Rucker. He's a true artist, a great songwriter who can play his instrument, sing and write about his life.
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The beauty of a Moroccan riad is undeniable, but even the most die-hard fan may find herself growing a little weary of what can come to feel like a one-size-fits-all aesthetic: tilework, white Berber rugs, woolen tribal throw pillows in reds and ochers, cut-metal lanterns.
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I've done a lot of practical anthropology, living in villages with people and realizing how difficult it is to get out of poverty. When in poverty, people use their skill to avoid hunger. They can't use it for progress.
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I want to see one of my products being taken by people across the world. I want to see them improving and leading a better life. It's like playing God.
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There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.
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It's Microsoft versus mankind, with Microsoft having only a slight lead.
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I end up pleading my case to alternative programmers - you're telling me that my music is too dark for pop, too pop for alternative, and urban radio won't touch it - so we have a record that doesn't fit in. And what is more alternative than that?
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I don't think I can play Mr. Bachchan.
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From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us.
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If you're not in it you can't win it.
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Kevin Costner told me that 'True' was his and his wife's song. I'm not sure if that's a good thing because they split up soon after.
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I think my novel, 'Walden Two,' has made people stop and look at the culture they have inherited and wonder if it is the last word or whether it can be changed.
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I think there's no higher calling in terms of a career than public service, which is a chance to make a difference in people's lives and improve the world.
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Every businessman, or every person who has a passion for his work, is torn for the time spent at work and the time spent with your family.
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If the money we donate helps one child or can ease the pain of one parent, those funds are well spent.
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If you have a great idea that can translate elsewhere, then that's where the scalability comes in - and that's where you can actually start to make real money.
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Only buy clothes that you plan to keep forever. It's important to see trends for what they are: a game.
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My dream was always to have a stamp. I feel like people who have a stamp really did something. They really did some acts of service.
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Victory is everything. You can spend the money but you can never spend the memories.
