Henry Speight Quotes

Personally, just being able to compete in an Olympics, being part of an Opening Ceremony wearing a green jacket with the rest of the Australian Olympic team, would be a more than a dream come true.

Henry Speight

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During the last war when there was a market for everything that could be produced, the production capacity of Canada and the United States, which were outside the battle area, increased one hundred percent.

John Boyd Orr

WarBattleCanadaOutsideEverything

Karaoke was my family's happy secret. In those early years in America, like many immigrants, my parents struggled with poverty and loneliness, but they also built provisional families, and inside our bubble there was joy, understanding, an intimate language I could never translate - and above all there was song.

Jenny Zhang

FamilyLonelinessJoyHappyParents

As a woman of color, we're raised to know we have to be twice as good.

Tracee Ellis Ross

GoodWomanColorKnowTwiceRaised

The novel is just fine: It's novelists who aren't doing so well.

Russell Smith

DoingWellFineJustWhoNovel

Dreamland is a book, but it's my song in book form. It's translated itself into a different medium.

Mary Chapin Carpenter

SongBookDifferentFormMedium

Napster is a consumer revolt. Napster is about my right to have this music and to share if I've paid for it. You know, so we start to see our decisions, our opportunities, our every choice is a consumer choice.

Douglas Rushkoff

MusicStartOpportunitiesDecisions

When Dad came home from work, he'd turn our family dinners into tutorials on business, money, sales, and profit margins. He shared fascinating stories about his customers, marketing, and my favorite topic when I was a kid - new product launches. Our father also took us to his office before the advent of 'Take Your Child to Work Day.'

Denise Morrison

WorkFamilyFatherHomeBusiness

I like to stay within the context of the character's background. If he's a cop, I have to make sure the audience is convinced that this person, a cop, can do only so much without a gun.

Donnie Yen

CharacterGunPersonAudienceWithin

Just lead your life and try to make the best decisions.

Chris Pine

LifeBestDecisionsTryLeadJust

I went from the projects to a real house. It was a big difference.

Allen Iverson

HouseRealDifferenceBigProjects

You can have a lot of destruction, but in a realistic female movie, the women are going to be aware of that destruction and apologizing for it.

Susanna Fogel

WomenYouRealisticGoingAware

Music is the way I understand how to communicate now, the way that I've learned how to communicate... but it will eventually have to go beyond that. You see, I've realised that music is not what keeps people involved - it's the attitude behind the music.

Todd Rundgren

AttitudeMusicPeopleYouUnderstand

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