I still have my original social security card signed when I was 13.
Vernon L. Smith
Recitation: by Male by Female
Have you ever asked yourselves what you are going to do when you grow up? In all likelihood you will get married, and before you know where you are, you will be mothers and fathers; and you will then be tied to a job, or to the kitchen, in which you will gradually wither away. Is that all that your life is going to be?
Jiddu Krishnamurti
LifeJobKitchenGrowYouKnow
I do have at home the most ridiculous number of awards for what I have done, which is nice in terms of being patted on the back, yet it does cure you of caring about what other people say about you. Ultimately, you must have your own standard of what is good enough.
John Lloyd
GoodHomeCaringPeopleEnoughYou
Non-disclosure in the Internet Age is quickly perceived as a breach of trust. Government, corporations and each of us as individuals must recalibrate how we live and share our lives appropriate to the information now available and the expectations of others.
Simon Mainwaring
LiveAgeTrustGovernmentInternet
I think it's so strange that certain people think they know you because you've been in a film. It's very flattering, but it's also very scary.
Jaye Davidson
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Make no mistake: confrontation is unavoidable in business.
Jon Taffer
BusinessMistakeMakeConfrontation
I'm just like that: I just always try to win, to get better, do my best, and it always annoys me to lose.
Diego Costa
BestMeWinBetterLoseTry
I would rather be beaten, and be a man, than to be elected and be a little puppy dog.
Davy Crockett
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In America, I feel black with all of the rubbish that comes with it.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Being interested in other fields and meeting experts outside entertainment - whether it's a two-hour conversation with John Nash that turns into 'A Beautiful Mind' or talking to people in architecture or fashion, CIA directors or Nobel laureates - has given me a better sense of which ideas feel authentic and new.
Brian Grazer
BeautifulArchitectureMindMeIdeas
The great thing that I appreciate - the fact that my godfather, William 'Sticky' Jackson, was a Tuskegee Airman because my father was first born in Ozark, Alabama. The sacrifices and the commitment of those men made it possible for myself and many others.
Allen West
FatherGreatMyselfCommitmentMen
The industry and support in China has really matured because there are so many productions there. At the same time, there's been a lot of changes in the market, which I think also has enabled productions like 'The Grandmaster' to happen and to be possible to shoot in China.
Wong Kar-wai
TimeSupportThinkPossibleChanges
The free market is at its best when everybody works in a fishbowl and tells you their point of view.
Mario Gabelli
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