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Shirley Manson Quotes

I think it's a great thing to have failed in life and then pulled yourself up by the boot straps and actually done something, because then you appreciate it more.

Shirley Manson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: scottish
Birth: August 26, 1966

Topics

Life Great Yourself Think Appreciate

I changed the rules for allowing people to buy into my system as a franchisee. I explained in detail how tough running a Jimmy John's can be. I explained the long hours, the unforgiving weather, the late nights, the weekends, and all of the sacrifices that go along with the industry. I made it tough for people to get into the system.

Jimmy John Liautaud

People Weather Detail Tough Rules

If you rank the top 50 one-day moves in the S&P 500, a fair number of those happened within the last five or 10 years. That tells you that we're in a different, riskier market now.

Andrew Lo

You Now Fair Top Years Within

I'm not actually sure that actors or artists should be allowed to have a family, because the focus you need, the egotism, the myopia, is just taking away from the relationship.

John Rhys-Davies

Family Relationship Focus You Need

I've never been to Hollywood. I can count the number of times I've been to Los Angeles on my hands. I've never made a movie there and I've never been there for working reasons. The only reason to go there is for silly awards shows.

Stephen Daldry

Hands Silly I Can Los Angeles Go

Ultimately, China may use force to push for unification with Taiwan, a scenario we all must work to prevent.

Mike Simpson

Work Push Force China May Must

You know how it is, somebody will see your work and like it and remember it, then decide to make it a role in their film.

Michael Rooker

Work Remember You Know Will See

Success has always been easy to measure. It is the distance between one's origins and one's final achievement.

Michael Korda

Success Achievement Easy Measure

I left Kurdistan in April 2003 with the peshmerga, following their excited advance as Saddam's forces crumbled. First Kirkuk, then Mosul - where looters broke into the city museum and seized its Parthian sculptures - then Tikrit. I reported from Baghdad in month-long stints until the end of 2004.

Luke Harding

City End Museum April First Excited

Even then, our family was extraordinary, with ten kids.

Mink Stole

Family Extraordinary Kids Ten Even

We're not going to win every single one.

Jason Day

Win Single Going Every

I'm somebody who finds adversity is almost as good as encouragement. It's almost like, you close the door, and I'll find ten ways to kick it in and go around it or dig under it or something.

Diane Warren

Good Adversity Door Encouragement Go

The fact that President-elect Kennedy would be the first Catholic president did not sit well with many Americans. There was a fear that, as president, Kennedy's decisions would be based on his religion and dictated by the pope.

Clint Hill

Fear Religion Decisions First Sit