John Mellencamp Quotes

I was one of those guys, you know, playing and singing, and there was no reason for me to write a song, because there were so many beautiful songs out. And Bob Dylan was always the ultimate songwriter, and nobody could ever write a song as good as him, and nobody ever has written a song as good as him.

John Mellencamp

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GoodBeautifulMeSingingSongYou

I've played real people before, but I never knew them.

Angelina Jolie

PeopleNeverRealReal PeopleKnew

You can stay too long in a job, that's for sure. But by the same token, in the 12 years I have been CEO of GE, there have been four CEOs of Toshiba. So there's too short a time to do it, and there's too long a time to do it.

Jeffrey R. Immelt

TimeJobShortLongYouSame

My parents weren't around much, but I assumed everybody's family was the same. I didn't know people had mummies and daddies who would give them milk and cookies after school. I just thought everybody lived on Central Park West and they had a nanny to take care of them.

Stephen Sondheim

FamilySchoolParentsPeopleThought

Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing... layout, processes, and procedures.

Tom Peters

BusinessImprovementQualityDesign

I've never... when I was having songs on the airwaves, and that sort of thing, I never felt a sense of pressure anywhere except from myself, to do things the way I wanted to do them; to feel authentic; to feel like I was presenting my true self to the world.

Mary Chapin Carpenter

MyselfWorldSelfPressureFeelWay

If the scripts are not good, I'll tell somebody, 'This isn't good.'

Dick Wolf

GoodTellSomebodyScripts

I play in front of 70,000 fans week in and week out, and I may drop the ball in practice, I may run the ball the wrong way, but once it's game time, it's game on.

Donald Driver

TimePracticeGameWeekPlayRun

I had a couple come in with a negative amortization mortgage on a house that costs way too much relative to their income. They're consuming real estate, not investing in it.

Chris Cooper

Real EstateNegativeHouseToo Much

All places are alike, and every earth is fit for burial.

Christopher Marlowe

EarthPlacesAlikeFitEveryBurial

What do I care about law? Ain't I got the power?

Cornelius Vanderbilt

PowerLawCareGotAboutI Care

I very rarely get nervous as an actor. Very rarely.

Corin Nemec

NervousActorGetVeryRarely

There's nothing I'd say that keeps me awake at night, but I think that - when you're working with a group of people that are so beyond talented - that, every day, you wake up going, 'All right, I gotta fight to stay at the same level as these people.' That's what makes it fun.

Brie Larson

DayFightFunPeopleMeWake Up

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