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Jim Cantrell Quotes

We all have our levels of risk tolerance. People who have decided they want to go to space are going to go.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: businessman
Nationality: american

Topics

Space People Tolerance Go Want Risk

If we lost, then who won? Did Al Qaida win? When on the floor of the House of Representatives they cheer - they cheer - when they pass a withdrawal motion that is a certain date for surrender, what were they cheering? Surrender? Defeat?

Win House Defeat Surrender Lost

It's a lot easier to act when the writing is good. Nothing is more frustrating than trying to figure out 'Well, why did I say this next?'

Good Writing Trying Say Nothing Why

That's one of the things I like about San Francisco. It's not like anywhere else in the world.

World Things San Francisco Like Else

You don't go to the movies to do historical research, unless it's historical research about the movies.

Research You Go Movies Historical

I am a perfectionist. This job is a total ego thing in a way. To be a designer and say, 'This is the way they should dress; this is the way their homes should look; this is the way the world should be.' But then, that's the goal: world domination through style.

Style Job I Am Dress World Ego

I was trying to learn about Lyndon Johnson when he was young and creating his first political machine in the Texas hill country. I moved there for three years. You had to learn that world.

World Texas Learn Political You

I'm astonished to say, but people are really pleased to hear what happened to me, the way I got a little bit more confident, the people I've met, and the things I didn't know.

People Me Confident Know Say Way

Doing five-minute sets on 'Conan' and things like that are fun and a great way to introduce yourself, but it's such a constricting time, and you usually have to cut bits down.

Great Time Yourself Fun Doing You

I'm not a big believer in second-guessing decisions.

Decisions Big Big Believer Believer

Usually, when people watch magic, there are two levels: the people who walk away accepting that there are things they don't know, and the other group, who wants to know, 'How did it work? How did that happen?' They want to unravel the puzzle.

Work Walk People Puzzle Magic Know

My father is 100% Japanese and came to the United States when he was only 18 years old. My grandmother still resides in Japan, which has allowed me to travel to the roots of my ancestors with my father.

Father Travel Me Roots Grandmother

You see women struggling to keep it all together while a loved one is in jail. But we don't hear about them or their struggles in a way that resonates with others. Their stories are so compelling. It's as if they are in their own little world and no one else sees them.

Women Together World Loved You Way

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