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Gail Simmons Quotes

I would not say I'm an aggressive shopper. I want to be; I aspire to be an aggressive shopper. I am a meek, meek shopper.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: entertainer
Nationality: canadian
Birth: May 19, 1976

Topics

I Am Say Want Aggressive Aspire Am

People internalize, from the jail to student loan debt, to credit card debt, to unemployment to the whole collective. It manifests itself in many ways, in people's home lives, domestic stuff.

Home People Credit Student Jail

Madonna was very cool. I thought she was really nice, really present, and she worked really, really hard... She didn't necessarily know our real names in real-life, because why should she? Who cares? Some of the cast were really offended, like, 'She doesn't even know my name!' I'm like, 'Who cares? Madonna's doing our show. It doesn't matter.'

Cool Thought Present Name Doing Why

It's important to remember that life is a joke, and that outlook grants a lot of perspective, but I don't think comedy should change and become political due to other things. It should just laugh at that cosmic joke that life is all the time.

Life Change Time Perspective Think

I'm not striving for happiness, I'm trying to get some work done. And sometimes the best work is done under doubt. Constantly rethinking and re-evaluating what you're doing, working and working until it's finished.

Work Happiness Best Doing Doubt You

My dad used to wake me up at 5:30 in the morning and hit me ground balls and tell me, 'Don't be afraid to excel. Don't be afraid to be great.'

Morning Great Me Balls Afraid Tell

I like people with conviction, who are in control of themselves. I'm not interested in working with a designer who hires a creative director.

Creative People Control Director Who

My mother's childhood was complex, disjointed, and disturbing. As children, we would gather round and ask her to tell us again and again The Story of Her Childhood. It was Grimmsian, Andersenesque: a classic fairy tale replete with goodies and baddies.

Mother Children Childhood Story Ask

We spent night after night out there learning the art of entertaining a crowd.

Learning Art Night Out Entertaining

You don't have to do the picture, you have to do the autograph, but it's important to take that moment to make a human connection.

Moment Picture You Connection Human

I was a big Dave Winfield guy growing up.

Growing Up Growing Up Big Guy Dave

E-mail is a whole new way of being friends with people: intimate but not, chatty but not, communicative but not; in short, friends but not. What a breakthrough. How did we ever live without it? I have more to say on this subject, but I have to answer an instant message from someone I almost know.

Live People Short Friends Someone

One of my mentors early on was Eli Harari, the founder of SanDisk, who happened to be a friend of my dad's.

Friend Early Mentors Founder Who

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