James Collins Quotes

The answer I have is, you know, there a lot of things you can try to build to last. And what we try to do in our work is to come up with ideas that will last. Ideas that will stand the test of time.

James Collins

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
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  • Birth: November 5, 1973

Topics

WorkTimeIdeasStandYouKnow

We should always be trying to tear down the walls and say, 'I'm no different than you.'

Jim James

WallsTryingYouDownSayAlways

'Idol' was more of a competition, and that was more of a platform that I wanted to get a hold of and get on top of. And I finally got that opportunity, and now it's more like, I just gotta show and prove myself to everybody that I'm not just the 'balladeer.'

Jessica Sanchez

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When you take a job, you don't just accept the pats on the back. You have to accept the kicks in the pants.

Joe Torre

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My last novel, 'The Keep,' was very explicitly technological, about the quality of living in a state constantly surrounded by disembodied presences, and I was thinking very much about the online experience.

Jennifer Egan

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It's one of the things I respect about Time Warner and Turner: their understanding of CNN's independence.

Jeff Zucker

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The fundamental character of our faith means an extensive diversity is required not only within local community, but between communities.

Stanley Hauerwas

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One day, I made a remark that I might work with people with mental illness, and somebody in the press heard it, and it was in the paper. And the more I thought about it and found out about it, the more I thought it was just a terrible situation with no attention. And I've been working on it ever since.

Rosalynn Carter

WorkDayPeopleThoughtAttention

I usually don't write songs by people calling me and saying, 'Write a song about this.' Usually I'm just going with what I want to write, so you never know.

Diane Warren

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The middle ground in Congress has all but disappeared. The founders intended competing principles and interests to check excesses and create a balance in our politics that would benefit 'we the people.' Gerrymandered districts and a hyped-up fight-night media offer a partial explanation of why we seem to have neither checks nor balances.

Donna Brazile

PoliticsBalancePeopleMediaCreate

I think that every single person should play sports.

Donovan Bailey

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I've been a fan of 'Rocky Horror'... my mom let me see it at a really early age.

Christina Milian

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Some people say there was no jazz tenor before me. All I know is I just had a way of playing and I didn't think in terms of any other instrument but the tenor.

Coleman Hawkins

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