Harold S. Geneen Quotes

Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Nonperformance can always be explained away.

Harold S. Geneen

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The Republican National Convention is a great place to hear people talk about politics and values and all that sort of thing. But there's one thing brings me back year after year, and that's white people dancing. The RNC is the world's premier Caucasian amateur dance festival.

Jimmy Kimmel

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Even in rugged Scotland, nature is scarcely wilder than a mountain sheep, certainly a good way short of the ferity of the moose and caribou.

John Burroughs

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One of the biggest things happening in the art world is this idea of expansion. No one embodies this aspect of what art is becoming better than James Franco.

Jeffrey Deitch

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To me, the biggest revolution of the 20th century was the pill.

Sonia Rykiel

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I use Ole Henriksen eye gel when I think of it, and go for facials when spa gift certificates appear as a professional thank-you or in a gift bag. Once ensconced in a facialist's chair, I let myself be coaxed into all sorts of treatments, because I'm there already, so why not?

Sloane Crosley

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Well, I got people that help me with the restaurant. I don't have to be at the restaurant 24 hours a day.

Mickey Gilley

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Everything you say in a family carries meaning from all that was said before. So with friends, there is less likelihood of a few words triggering associations from childhood, where our deepest emotions often are rooted.

Deborah Tannen

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I'm certainly proud of the transformation of Playboy from a magazine to a multimedia corporation.

Christie Hefner

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The silent majority distrusts people who believe in causes.

Brian Moore

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The Pleasure Seekers eventually turned into Cradle, when we started writing our own material. My younger sister Nancy was brought in as singer and I kind of stepped aside as main lead singer and concentrated on my instrument.

Suzi Quatro

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The new Congress needs to move quickly to strengthen the Army and Marines - not to send more troops to Iraq - but to rebuild our capacity to meet national security threats globally.

Mark Udall

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All emotion is involuntary when genuine.

Mark Twain

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