Allan Sloan Quotes

I wanted to be a columnist so badly that I took a huge pay cut to leave Forbes, which wouldn't give me a column, and join Newsday, which wanted my column for its Sunday business section.

Allan Sloan

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I used to have this illusion that time and remote areas prepare you for the world. Our moms used to think that kind of thing. Well, it doesn't prepare you for the world at all!

Jim Harrison

TimeWorldThinkYouIllusionKind

I think there's so many actors out there that we see and we know as one thing but are capable of so much more.

Jesse Lee Soffer

ThinkKnowMoreCapableSeeOut

I've always wanted to be a mom because I want to give a kid all of the magical gifts my mom gave to me, such as love and friendship. She and I had this incredible connection that was so unbelievable.

Jennifer Love Hewitt

FriendshipLoveMeMomConnection

An empowered organisation is one in which individuals have the knowledge, skill, desire, and opportunity to personally succeed in a way that leads to collective organisational success.

Stephen Covey

SuccessOpportunityKnowledgeSucceed

After the Great Depression and after public urging, a nationwide public competition was held to determine a design for a memorial that would honor President Thomas Jefferson's bold vision for westward expansion for America.

Russ Carnahan

VisionGreatDepressionCompetition

Growing up, when I'd throw out the trash, I'd toss it and dart because all the cats would come running. That's why I still don't like cats.

Michael Tubbs

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Moviemaking is a dirty, tiring affair. The joy comes from the possibility to be free on set and really let loose.

Luca Guadagnino

JoyFreeDirtyLooseAffairSet

Film is the toughest one for me, as there are many fingers in the pot, so it can be disappointing. However, to have your work seen on such a large scale, that's a very exciting prospect.

Liz Tuccillo

WorkMeSeenFingersFilmExciting

The banner of the project is 'Casa de Colores.' Under that banner, I'm going to invite people to do a lot of good things. Perhaps working in groups, working on poetry.

Juan Felipe Herrera

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We are totally schizophrenic. We are trying to reduce emissions, and we subsidize the consumption of fossil fuels.

Jose Angel Gurria

TryingFossil FuelsSchizophrenic

I'm not a cheater. I've never cheated in my life.

Jon Hamm

LifeMy LifeNeverCheated

Apple enjoys 'Harry Potter'-like adoration and queues because it sells physical objects, limited by the pace of assembly lines in China. To own is to have, to have is to hold, and to hold is to show off.

Douglas Rushkoff

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