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Only one thing makes a man a man. He loves his wife, is faithful to her, and puts his wife and kids as the most important things in life.
Most people don't recognize me, but they know my name. TSA people rarely recognize my name, ironically, and they are the security people.
In Ireland we have a very old saying, When you can see the mountains it's going to rain and when you can't see the mountains it's raining.
I was studying with Joe Allard, which was great, as a saxophone student. Being able to study with Joe Allard was an incredible experience.
I believe that management should focus on two particular areas. One is Gemba (shop floor) and the other is customer (not the shareholder).
I love shopping on a budget. I believe that more fashion mistakes are made by people with deep pockets than by those who shop on a budget.
Every decision to act is an intuitive one. The challenge is to migrate from hoping it's the right choice to trusting it's the right choice.
The fundamental problem for Republicans when it comes to the environment is that whatever you say is viewed through the prism of suspicion.
The more you know about your customers, the more you can provide to them information that is increasingly useful, relevant, and persuasive.
We still talk about [school band]. Almost 40 years later. It's like people are talking about, "Man we need to have a morning band reunion".
When I went to college, I really became interested in cultural anthropology. Our behavior isn't that different from other primate species'.
The key to social engineering is influencing a person to do something that allows the hacker to gain access to information or your network.
I have my mantra about silhouette, proportion, and fit. I believe that when they are in harmony and balance, you’ll look great in anything.
So perhaps the real secret to style is filling yourself to the absolute brim with engagement. Loving not wisely, but too well and all that.
I have my mantra about silhouette, proportion, and fit. I believe that when they are in harmony and balance, you'll look great in anything.
Technology breeds crime and we are constantly trying to develop technology to stay one step ahead of the person trying to use it negatively.
While Mitt Romney was at Bain Capital, almost one out of every four companies they were involved with went bankrupt or went out of business.
I cannot imagine a more satisfying calling than my own: beauty, humanity, and history every day, combined with the cathartic joy of singing.
When I sing, the sound is a totally different range, color, all of it. It's all about the breath. You take in a breath and you make a sound.
Success needs to be measured according to the ambitions and the resources of each designer. And many aren't interested in being a megabrand.
The first CD I had, that I think had had any redeeming qualities to it, I did when I was 25 with a relatively small label called Chiarascuro.
I learned so many roles so quickly as a young singer, I thought it was time to come back to them and make them better - deeper, more nuanced.
Why do people complain that there's no time to get their work done? Because there is more work to do than the work they think they have to do.
I think my wife understood from the day I met her how important she was to me and how important it was for me becoming a husband and a father.
We as Americans and as humans have very selective hearing and very selective memory. We only hear what we want to hear and disregard the rest.
Bill and Hillary Clinton are the most investigated couple in American history - now the most thoroughly exonerated couple in American history.
I don't want to be somebody who stands still and sings pretty. Each song is a world. Each song is a story. I don't achieve nearly what I want.
I have a noble history of being rejected by a lot of places, only to discover that the one that finally lets me in is in fact the perfect fit.
I have had a very difficult time with stage fright; it undermines your well-being and peace of mind, and it can also threaten your livelihood.
Take the high road. No matter how much strife, and consternation, frustration and anger you might be confronted with - don't go to that level.
Whoever's designing for plus-size doesn't get it. The entire garment needs to be reconceived. You can't just take a size 8 and make it larger.
If I had walked into a dry cleaning store, and I had looked over, and the register drawer was open with money inside, I wouldn't have taken it.
Joe Henderson, who I maybe, to me, if I had to pick one improviser in my life that I saw live that blew my mind most, especially as a teenager.
The first jazz cruise that I was on was '91. I played with Maria Schneider and John Fedchock's band. Got to meet some amazing people that week.
Eating something with someone is the second most sensual and intimate thing you can do in life. The experience can't just be about consumption.
In a way, being an opera singer is like being a very romantic sixteen-year-old who falls in love with great passion and conviction every month.
Whenever people tell me they don't know how to get inspired, I say "What's the matter with you?! I could stay in my apartment and be inspired!"
The difference between helping and selling is just two letters. But those two letters are critically important to the success of business today.
I would sit in at a jazz brunch [at sweet Basil] with Eddie Chamblee, who was a great tenor player. Really a kind man. The whole band was great.
A guy like Scott [Robinson] plays the whole history of music on every instrument you've ever heard of. He's just kind of an unparalleled genius.
When I meet with people who are ineffective managers with failing businesses, I can't change what they do - I have to change the way they think.
I'm not a fugitive anymore. Never will be in the future. After spending five years in jail, you learn your lesson. I never want to return there.
Apple has struck a cultural nerve, especially with Generation X and Gen Y, while Windows and PC are viewed in essence as 'My parents' computer'.
I want to say to anyone who works in a drone workplace, raise the bar! There's no reason why you have to dress to the lowest common denominator.
Frankly, I think that fur on a man is difficult to pull off. If it's the warmth you're after, then I'd go with a fur-lined coat - it won't show.
My father was never really the con-man type that the film shows him to be: he was straight as an arrow, though he did have problems with the IRS.
The second most important attribute of winners, after understanding the human dimension, is knowing what questions to ask, the rhetorical nature.
Purpose is the ultimate fuel for our journey through life. When we drive with purpose we don't get tired or bored and our engines don't burn out.
Each 'Bar Rescue' is shot in real time. So the complete rescue is 5 days from my arrival to my departure. I do not see or meet anyone in advance.
I don't know of any case that involves computer hacking where there were multiple defendants charged where there wasn't an informant on the case.