Simon Mainwaring Quotes

Often motivated by a desire to maintain the existing status quo, sloth almost cost the U.S. its auto industry, as it refused for decades to build fuel-efficient cars to compete with Japanese, Korean and European imports.

Simon Mainwaring

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: businessman
  • Nationality:
  • Birth: 1967

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DesireBuildStatus QuoCostCompete

I never felt poor. Our family euphemism was that we were broke, which I think psychologically gave you a different feeling. There were people far worse than we were.

Joe R. Lansdale

FamilyPeopleThinkYouFeelingFar

A few things make a person stylish: honesty, imagination with a sprinkling of humour. I still keep an eye on trends, but I don't follow them any more.

Maxine Peake

HonestyImaginationEyeStylishMore

My parents always told me if I believed something was wrong, I should try to fix it.

Meghan Markle

ParentsMeWrongTryFixAlways

You see, it took me so long, it was such a struggle, to move myself out of musicals - because I had had a success, nobody wanted to allow me to direct a non-musical picture. It was so hard. And the only way I could get it going was to become a producer myself.

Stanley Donen

SuccessMyselfStruggleMePicture

What I am interested in is the present time.

Sophie Marceau

TimeI AmPresentInterestedAm

I think it's important for scientists to be a bit less arrogant, a bit more humble, recognising we are capable of making mistakes and being fallacious - which is increasingly serious in a society where our work may have unpredictable consequences.

Robert Winston

WorkHumbleMistakesSocietyThink

The Triple Crown, or any of that stuff, is not my focus. My focus is on winning. I just hope people can be happy with that.

Miguel Cabrera

HopeFocusHappyPeopleBe Happy

My mom is an elementary-school music teacher. For her, music is an educational tool.

Lucy Dacus

MusicTeacherMomToolHer

Working on the Samurai sword is very different because your body position has to be very still. It's a much quieter was of fighting.

Lucy Liu

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I tell my students that being a writer is like being a member of a medieval guild and that what we are doing is very subversive and very important.

Jayne Anne Phillips

DoingImportantTellStudentsBeing

I think that the world is in the middle of a huge transition that we have to make to renewable energy. We have to transition away from fossil fuels very, very quickly.

Josh Fox

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We've been working with Paul Bettner and the Playful team since the beginning of Oculus. Paul was one of, I think, seven $5,000 Kickstarter backers.

Brendan Iribe

BeginningTeamThinkPlayfulWorking

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