Simon Mainwaring Quotes

As we approach each of the great social challenges of our time we must acknowledge that old thinking will not provide the new solutions we need. These solutions will be uncomfortable, hard to sell and risky to execute. But the cost of not doing so is even greater.

Simon Mainwaring

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: businessman
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  • Birth: 1967

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I was more like a middle child. My youngest brother was the baby, so he got all the attention that the baby gets. And my older brothers were getting into so much trouble that I was left in the middle, doing plays. I was up to no good, but my mother didn't know it!

John C. Reilly

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'Alice' took over two years to make and took a great deal of planning, obviously much more than usual. We spent so much more time prepping the film, and that was unique for us.

Jennifer Todd

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Unfortunately, hardworking, academically gifted young people are kind of lazy when it comes to determining direction.

Andrew Yang

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You need the past as a guideline. The history of music is a good basis, but to escape that stuff, that tortuous rulebook, you have to learn it first. It's kind of like religion - once you've written the Bible, that's it, move on.

John Lydon

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I would hate not to do a play every couple of years. I think it's not me.

Matthew Macfadyen

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The European Union has decades of experience in overcoming crises and has always emerged stronger after.

Jean-Claude Juncker

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I'd like to open doors for underserved communities and minorities in entrepreneurship.

Troy Carter

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I can't record in the morning because I sound like Barry White.

Toni Braxton

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Victorian racehorse owners frequently named their horses after murderers. That was so astonishing. Can you imagine the equivalent today, with a horse named, say, Boston Strangler, running in the Kentucky Derby? This was a new discovery. The Victorians didn't think it was odd, so no one ever mentioned it particularly.

Judith Flanders

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'Climb Every Mountain' is a beautiful statement of philosophy. Critics may think 'The Sound of Music' is saccharine, but I think it's profound. The message, that we can't accommodate evil, is just as important today.

Jon Voight

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There were so few Asians on-screen when I grew up, and the ones who were on-screen weren't given complex characters to play.

Constance Wu

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To me, I've played full seasons and had success. Mentally, I've been through it before. I'm not incapable of going through this.

Colin Kaepernick

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