Tom Waits Quotes

Most songs have meager beginnings. You wake up in the morning, you throw on your suspenders, and you subvocalize and just think. They seem to form like calcium. I can't think of a story right off the bat that was that interesting. I write things on the back of my hand, usually, and sing into a tape recorder.

Tom Waits

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MorningWake UpStoryThinkYou

I don't run any of my companies. I always partner with somebody who wants to operate.

Jim McKelvey

PartnerRunAlwaysSomebodyWhoAny

On Broadway, there is no censoring, just self-censorship and doing what makes sense.

Robert Lopez

DoingBroadwaySenseJustMakes

Television has created a nation of news junkies who tune in every night to get their fix on the world.

Robert MacNeil

WorldNightTelevisionNewsFixGet

I try to buy shares of unpopular companies when they look like road kill and sell them when they've been polished up a bit.

Michael Burry

RoadLookTryUpBuySell

I take it personally when people belittle our employees and misrepresent our record as an employer.

Steve Easterbrook

PeopleEmployeesEmployerTakeOur

I am a fashion designer. I'm not an environmentalist. When I get up in the morning, number one I'm a mother and a wife, and number two I design clothes. So the main thing I need to do is create, hopefully, exquisitely beautiful, desirable objects for my customer.

Stella McCartney

MotherMorningBeautifulWifeI Am

The irony is, the advertising industry knows everyone hates what they produce. This is why they keep looking for new ways to force people to stay tuned.

Simon Sinek

PeopleAdvertisingLookingNewWhy

Everyone has a smart phone, and everything is recorded. One event spills into another. Conclusions come quickly at the near total expense of consideration of what just actually happened.

Mike Barnicle

SmartPhoneEveryoneEverythingJust

One of the things that struck me is how authentic 'Shark Tank' is. I don't know how more real it can be. You have no prior knowledge about the entrepreneurs.

Chris Sacca

KnowledgeMeYouKnowMoreShark

I'm not a big method actor. I'm much more superficial.

Colin Quinn

ActorMoreBigSuperficialMuch

I want to do movies, television and theater. Whatever comes along.

Ansel Elgort

TelevisionWantMoviesWhatever

It's very unnatural to be someone for so many people. But of course it's very nice.

Aurora

PeopleSomeoneNiceCourseMany

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