Michael Ovitz Quotes

A lot of drive is innate, self-perpetuated, reinforced energy. As a kid, I could always sell anything I could get my hands on - from newspapers to lemonade to 'TV Guide.' I knew how to make a presentation.

Michael Ovitz

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If I moved, he moved. If I stopped, he stopped. It was a duel.

Jennifer Esposito

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I think there's something basically wrong with the general public that they do need their icons.

John Lydon

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We've had years and years and years of compromises, and that's led to $14 trillion in debt.

Tom Graves

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In the industrial revolution Britain led the world in advances that enabled mass production: trade exchanges, transportation, factory technology and new skills needed for the new industrialised world.

Lucy Powell

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Respect is one of the greatest expressions of love.

Don Miguel Ruiz

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TV critics came after me for overhyping LeBron. A lot of people don't know this, but I didn't want to do the game. I told ESPN, 'We're making this kid into something special.' I always follow orders, whatever my people want me to do.

Dick Vitale

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I remember being in Hollywood at the age of 16 and marveling at the stars. The idea of being part of it never entered my mind. It was too far-fetched.

Bryan Adams

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Acting is a very artistic profession and there are thousands of people out there who think they are actors but there are very few who have real talent.

Wolfgang Puck

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We are apt to love praise, but not deserve it. But if we would deserve it, we must love virtue more than that.

William Penn

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I like to wear girlie things, but only if I can rock them up with biker boots or a jacket.

Pixie Lott

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Parents learn the uses of power and its limits. They can insist on certain outward behavior but cannot change inner attitudes. They can require obedience but not goodness - and certainly not love.

Philip Yancey

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Cornell changed my life; getting in there was one of my pinnacle moments.

Philipp Meyer

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