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It takes a lot of help - nature, friends, family, craftsmen - for me to make what I make.


Dan Colen

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CHARLES R. SWINDOLL Being funny has always mattered a lot to me. It's why I started acting - to make my friends laug...
NICK WECHSLER I'm not a 'sexy' 'beautiful' woman. It takes a lot of work to make me look like ...
MEGAN FOX A lot of my family is homeless, so we'll have to make accommodations for each other, ... We're grate...
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CHARLES R. SWINDOLL Many times, the decisions we make affect and hurt your closest friends and family the most. I have a...
LEX LUGER Since it has been my lot to find, at every parting of the road, the helping hand of comrade kind to ...
SOURCE UNKNOWN I am going to make a very beautiful life for myself, no matter what it takes.
ANONYMOUS I look for friends who make me laugh.
CHRISTIAN LACROIX It takes a lot of guts to come out to your friends and family. For most gay people, coming out is th...
MARTINA NAVRATILOVA My family has been in Red Bay for over a century. I just want to do what I can to help make Red Bay ...
JOE BEASLEY Everywhere I go, I always look for creative entrepreneurs, whether it's artisans and craftsmen, ...
MARTHA STEWART Intercourse with a woman is sometimes a satisfactory substitute for masturbation. But it takes a lot...
KARL KRAUS That's what I'm here for ... to make Dan work for his position so he doesn't get in a comfort zone.
RYAN LEWIS I never question what to do, it tells me what to do. The photographs make themselves with my help.
RUTH BERNHARD I come from a large Mexican family where we had to make ends meet. So we have to help them too. That...
AVELINA BLACKMAN The moments that we have with friends and family, the chances that we have to make a big difference ...
LARRY PAGE It amazes me all the people with different expertise, what it takes to make things happen.
BEVERLY ENGLE It's all about the comfort food. It takes time to make a lot of stuff.
BRENT SHERMAN I think it does help to have some people come out and cheer... I know it means a lot for me to have ...
JACK GOETZ It takes a lot of people hours to make music because they focus so much on one thing. I just do it, ...
FETTY WAP I've realized that it's ok to not have a lot of friends for as long as you don't make a lot of enemi...
MYLYN YAMPAN People see me as a person who can make them some money, which makes it hard to make real friends. I&...
SOPHIE MONK He's such a hard worker. He'll do whatever it takes to not only make himself better, but whatever it...
DELBERT TENGAN It's tough any time you make a lot of new acquisitions. It takes time to jell.
DAVE COLLINS He understands what it takes to make a team successful.
ANDREW FRIEDMAN It would be difficult for me to make the move to come back. With my family expanding, I want to make...
DAN GABLE It would make a nice family plot. That's what he bought it for.
WILLIS MEISENHEIMER Be an initiator of change. Keep improving... To change is to improve; to become excellent is to keep...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR It takes a lot of people to make a winning team. Everybody's contribution is important.
GARY DAVID GOLDBERG I have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up.
MARK TWAIN For some reason for me, and a lot of people, it's so hard to accept help even when it's from...
JENNA MORASCA I believe with great fortunes come great responsibility, so with our family's assets and many we...
ERIC TRUMP It takes a large group of people to make everything work. It takes a lot of work and a lot of effort...
GARY OVERTON When a company is facing a problem, it always takes a stance and takes a decision, but at the same t...
CARLOS GHOSN Life hands us a lot of hard choices, and other people can help us more than we might realize. We oft...
SHEENA IYENGAR At least I'd learn the lesson that friends can make up for the failings of your family.
DAVID LEVITHAN I think it's definitely nice. It's pretty close to home for me, and with national TV, I've got a lot...
LAYNE ULMER If you got what it takes, you'll make it. If you don't, Shakespeare couldn't help you.
JACK L. CHALKER I must have a prodigious amount of mind; it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it up!
MARK TWAIN I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it up.
MARK TWAIN I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it up.
MARK TWAIN I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up.
MARK TWAIN Beware of your friends that are sanguine in nature,for they can make your open secrets,to become mar...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Why make me slave of the nature when I belongs to you?
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JENSON BUTTON They're going to make a lot of plays for me. I support them 100 percent.
BARTOLO COLON The moment you see someone attractive, you can't help but make note of it. It's human nature.
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DAN STEWART Friends are very important to me and it's very difficult to make a friendship. I don't take it light...
BILL BIXBY I had some really good days and some really, really bad days. But thankfully I had my family and fri...
GINA MILLER Music has the power to make me feel good like nothing else does. It gives me some peace for a while....
GIL SCOTT-HERON It took me a while and a lot of hard times to figure out my purpose, I am so happy with my life. I j...
VANILLA ICE He's been a big help to me so far. I just want to make sure to take what he tells me and bring it ou...
CRAIG AUSTRIE I am a believer in discipline; it takes a lot to do well. You need discipline for those little excur...
LINDA RONSTADT I spent much of my life dying for somebody to help me even file for a patent or make a prototype. I ...
WOODY NORRIS Here take back the stuff that I am, nature, knead it back into the dough of being, make of me a bush...
GEORG C. LICHTENBERG When push comes to shove, I'm a fighter, and I'm going to force someone to fight. It takes a...
ROBBIE LAWLER Relaxing, experiencing nature and laughing are what rejuvenate me and make me feel happy. I believe ...
SUI HE People often say that having a family makes you make safer choices. It's been the total opposite...
JAMIE CULLUM A young man who does not have what it takes to perform military service is not likely to have what i...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY Luckily for me I have a very supportive family and a loving group of friends.
ANDREW RANNELLS People make fast moves around me, I react. I can't help it.
LAWRENCE TIERNEY If I make the team, I believe there will be a lot of chances for me to pitch.
GIOVANNI CARRARA It takes all the profit; what profit I make off mine is gone,
BILL MARTIN What a delight it is to make friends with someone you have despised!
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTE What a delight it is to make friends with someone you have despised
SIDONIE GABRIELLE Rome can't be built in a day and I know there's been a lot of good people here before. It's a challe...
JEFF PENTLAND My feet are always on the ground. My family and friends make sure I stay there.
FAYE MARSAY Here take back the stuff that I am, nature, knead it back into the dough of being, make of me a bush...
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BRANDON CALEB I dreamed of a wedding of elaborate elegance; a church filled with flowers and friends. I asked him ...
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ISHMAEL BEAH When I do get free time, I spend a lot of it at home with my family and my close friends and I think...
LEIGHTON MEESTER He used to make it in large stew pots and then can it and give it away to friends and family members...
DAVID MORALES Roxie is very deserving of this award. She runs our office. No matter what, she is always willing to...
LUPE RODRIGUEZ Good friends never say help me, they help before you speak for it
ASIF ATAHI Photographing friends means that there's a spontaneity to the images. I have a lot of love for m...
SUKI WATERHOUSE Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, "She doesn...
CLARE BOOTHE LUCE Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, 'She doesn...
CLARE BOOTH LUCE Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, 'She doesn...
CLARE BOOTHE LUCE And what a delight it is to make friends with someone you have despised.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTE I warm up with my mom and make sure I understand what the songs are about and make sure I'm usin...
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JULIE ADAMS For all of those willing to help me start a family, I am flattered. I will let you know when I need ...
PAULA ABDUL Skiing takes so much out of me, and when I start a family, I want to do it 100%.
LINDSEY VONN It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference.
TOM BROKAW But I don't know when he'll get cleared. The later it takes for him to get [medical] clearance ... m...
JAY WRIGHT Life’s gonna kick you in the butt; that’s what it does.
But if you gotta put up with this ...
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH I hope I never have to use it. But if I do, it may make the difference between life and death for me...
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DAN GILBERT I believe in our players, our coaching staff, and our entire franchise.
DAN GILBERT Danny Ferry did a very good job when he was here and put the franchise up to a certain level, as did...
DAN GILBERT A lot of the problems in the mortgage world, people said, were because our competitors were evil. Bu...
DAN GILBERT I don't think we'd be the business that we are today if we were spread out in the suburban a...
DAN GILBERT A mortgage transaction is very complex, very complicated, and very localized - the rules are not jus...
DAN GILBERT StockX's live marketplace will harness the Internet's natural ability to facilitate a better...
DAN GILBERT From LeBron's standpoint, if a guy like Kyrie walks away - that creates doubt. But Kyrie committ...
DAN GILBERT First thing I said to him was, 'LeBron, you know this is true. We had five good years and one ba...
DAN GILBERT If the Big Bang is true, that means everything that came out of it, all of the particles, all of us,...
DAN GILBERT Urban renewal always happens as a symphony of events, and part of the symphony is innovative, optimi...
DAN GILBERT When we do an investment, we always ask, 'Can we affect the outcome? When buying a company, can ...
DAN GILBERT When we grew up, we wanted to do two things: to own a sports team and a casino.
DAN GILBERT To process and close models in 50 states and 2,000-plus counties with the myriad of, just, tens of t...
DAN GILBERT It's all about connectivity - not just technical connectivity but geographic connectivity. That&...
DAN GILBERT If you were blessed with a fortunate position... why wouldn't you want to impact the world aroun...
DAN GILBERT There's nobody you can point to in the world that doesn't make a mistake. The best players, ...
DAN GILBERT There's nothing better than people talking to each other, sharing best practices, and opening up...
DAN GILBERT Some borrowers are pretty damn good at fraud.
DAN GILBERT If the government would like to hire my services to maximize value for their stake, they should appr...
DAN GERTLER Our deals and performance speak for themselves. And whoever doesn't feel comfortable investing w...
DAN GERTLER At the end of the day, yes, I'm looking to create a lot of wealth.
DAN GERTLER I took a decision that I wanted to be a long-term player in Congo.
DAN GERTLER That is what we know how to do better than anyone else: We know how to maximize value for our projec...
DAN GERTLER Everyone wants quick deals. They don't want to invest.
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