- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ale Quotes
A small, varied set of reflections.
This is a modest, loosely connected collection, grounded mainly in a historical comparison of the scale of wartime scientific effort between two countries. Other entries touch briefly on film ratings and the kinds of scripts actors look for. Related quotes appear in our Life quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Legal
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- Nov 07, 2020
My strengths as a businessman lie in the design and sale of women's shoes, and I have never been comfortable with complicated or technical legal or business documents.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
Obviously, Iron Maiden is on a way bigger scale to British Lion, but as a musician playing live, it's just the adrenaline rush of playing in front of an audience that gives you that rush.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Having never taken a business class, the economics of restaurants scared me. I opened Chipotle with the idea that I could step away from it and use it to support my full-scale restaurant.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first Chipotle was intended to be my source of funding for a full-scale restaurant, a means to an end. But it turned out to be more successful than I ever imagined.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would not have so many scripts being driven by demographics. The play's the thing - not the 18-35 year old male age group.
- Effect
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- Nov 07, 2020
So, in effect, my first sale was actually two books.
- Atomic Energy
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- Nov 07, 2020
The big problem for atomic energy is that it can't compete on price with the new age of cheap shale gas and, to a lesser extent, clean coal.
- Debilitating
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have worked in the federal government and saw the debilitating effects of our antiquated civil service system on morale and results.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
A merit-based system will reward great public servants, and getting rid of the shirkers will improve morale and the pride of our federal workers. It will attract better workers to run our agencies.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
Georgian architecture respected the scale of both the individual and the community.
- Cold War
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- Nov 07, 2020
On March 11, 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev became leader of the Soviet Union, and within a few weeks the full-scale reformation he attempted to carry out both inside his country and in its cold war relations with the West, particularly the United States, began to unfold.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I spent my first two years at a small all-male college in Virginia called Hampden-Sydney. That was like going to college 120 years ago. The languages, a year of rhetoric, all of the great books, Western Man courses, stuff like that.
- Doctor
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- Nov 07, 2020
I liked lots of 'Doctor Who' books, but my favourite tale was a spooky story about two invalid children - who've never met in the real world - who get trapped in a shared dreamscape when they fall asleep. It's called 'Marianne Dreams' by Catherine Storr.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
My wife and I both love cooking - I am an advanced male - so we argue about who gets to rustle up dinner.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of course the female experience is different from those of our male peers - just like every woman's story is different from their fellow females.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Joanna is a strong female character, and I love playing her. But one of the things about her is that she always says exactly what she's thinking.
- Grail
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- Nov 07, 2020