Mickey Drexler Quotes

I'm looking forward to partnering with TPG Capital and Leonard Green & Partners. This transaction is a clear endorsement of J. Crew and the hard work and dedication of all of our associates.

Mickey Drexler

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WorkHard WorkDedicationGreenHard

The support this city and our fans have shown the Grizzlies made my decision to stay in Memphis an easy one. Memphis deserves a championship team, and I am committed to that.

Jerry West

DecisionI AmSupportCityTeam

If you want to make films, you'll watch Kurosawa. If you want to play a violin, you listen to Seghetti. Same with somebody who has the ambition to play in the NBA. I watch a basketball game; I enjoy it. Somebody who really wants to learn to play is studying whatever is most magnificent that's going on out there.

Robert Pinsky

AmbitionBasketballGameLearnEnjoy

It turns out that people who are more socially connected to family, to friends, to community, are happier, they're physically healthier, and they live longer than people who are less well connected.

Robert J. Waldinger

FamilyLiveCommunityPeopleFriends

We know cancer is caused ultimately via a link between the environment and genes. There are genes inside cells that tell cells to grow and the same genes tell cells to stop growing. When you deregulate these genes, you unleash cancer. Now, what disrupts these genes? Mutations.

Siddhartha Mukherjee

GrowEnvironmentYouStopKnowNow

I hate that song 'Mr. Bojangles.' It drives me up the wall, since it's not about him at all. He was never a bum in jail.

Shirley Temple

HateMeSongWallJailNever

The time when you need to do something is when no one else is willing to do it, when people are saying it can't be done.

Mary Frances Berry

TimePeopleSayingYouDoneNeed

I remember being really hurt by a relative of a good friend of mine when I mentioned that someone was a great wrestler - she said, 'What do you mean? How can you be great at wrestling?' I stopped them and said, 'Do you think that what I do takes no talent whatsoever?' She realized how hurtful those words were.

Mick Foley

GoodFriendGreatWordsTalentHurt

Normally, it takes me about three years to write one of the big books. It is usually four years between releases because of the huge amount of travel and PR and just nuisance going on around them. I have a lot of pressure from publishers and agents.

Diana Gabaldon

TravelMePressureThreeWriteBig

I could have been born into any family. I was fortunate that I was born to an artist as extraordinary as Picasso, and Picasso turned out to be the family business.

Claude Picasso

FamilyBusinessArtistBornOut

One of the most distinctive evolutionary features of human beings is our unusually long, protected childhood.

Alison Gopnik

ChildhoodLongHumanHuman Beings

Philly is more East Coast than Pittsburgh. It's closer to New Jersey and New York, so the vibe is way more fast-paced.

Wiz Khalifa

New YorkNewWayMoreJerseyVibe

When you live in New York City, you run up a long list of things you've been meaning to do.

Willie Geist

LiveNew YorkCityMeaningLongYou

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