My parents were very pleased that I was in the army. The fact that I hated it somehow pleased them even more.


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We have an impact on nature, and nature has an impact on us.
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You can learn everything that there is to know about the industry or the player from the company tha...
BARRY STERNLICHT
Properties have different characteristics, like companies, and the market throws up more opportuniti...
BARRY STERNLICHT
I've been a supporter of green initiatives for years. I've been paying more and more attenti...
BARRY STERNLICHT
Booking windows are shrinking, and customers are going mobile: trends which position HotelTonight pe...
BARRY STERNLICHT
Pay attention to the big themes because that's what will help you earn ten times your money.
BARRY STERNLICHT
I've been down to the Ecolodge in Panama, but there really are only a handful of real green hote...
BARRY STERNLICHT
The American dream is still to own your home.
BARRY STERNLICHT
I suppose I was a frustrated artist. I like fitting things together, and there are plenty of differe...
BARRY STERNLICHT
It's cheaper to buy a house and finance it than it is to rent in many markets.
BARRY STERNLICHT
Today, when you're marketing a brand, you can't try to appeal to everybody. You should speak...
BARRY STERNLICHT
The best advice is often the compliments received, and they are often about an associate who did som...
BARRY STERNLICHT
It is very important that a leader in the hotel industry be both creative, I think, and compassionat...
BARRY STERNLICHT
As the facts change, change your thesis. Don't be a stubborn mule, or you'll get killed.
BARRY STERNLICHT
I like to go to my simple cottage by the ocean or, really, any beach!
BARRY STERNLICHT
Will and Tommy Lee are the only actors I've ever worked with where neither of them want to say a...
BARRY SONNENFELD
When Frank the Pug is singing I Will Survive, the only reason it's funny is that Will is in that...
BARRY SONNENFELD
They want to let the audience figure things out and let the reaction shot get the laugh.
BARRY SONNENFELD
These movies are like my kids. I just love them to death. Some of them go to Harvard and some of the...
BARRY SONNENFELD
Michael worked one day. Everybody was a little freaked out and nervous because he's a really big...
BARRY SONNENFELD
It felt scary because there was no auditioning, no rehearsing.
BARRY SONNENFELD
I was seeing a lot of really good things about Get Shorty when it came out, and my wife pointed out ...
BARRY SONNENFELD
I really wanted Michael Jackson to be in the first Men in Black, but he didn't want to be consid...
BARRY SONNENFELD
I play the father in the scene when Will and Tommy go back to Tommy's old apartment. It was a bi...
BARRY SONNENFELD
I haven't read a review of one of my films for the best part of 10 years.
BARRY SONNENFELD
I don't think Will does get upstaged because his reaction is always funnier than what is actuall...
BARRY SONNENFELD
There's a series of children's books called A Series of Unfortunate Events, which is like an...
BARRY SONNENFELD
Michael Jackson wanted to be in Men in Black II. He told me he had seen the first Men in Black in Pa...
BARRY SONNENFELD
By definition a sequel can't be original. So you've got to figure out what worked the first ...
BARRY SONNENFELD
We should all relax about life because you don't have a clue as to what's really going on.
BARRY SONNENFELD
I was born with an evil face.
BARRY SLOANE
I've never seen any character I've ever played as a bad guy or a good guy.
BARRY SLOANE
I was blessed with a good character in 'Hollyoaks,' and I cut my teeth in 'Brookside'...
BARRY SLOANE
Essentially, if you decide to sell a widget using BitPay, and you sell the widget for $100, in Bitco...
BARRY SILBERT
That's a term that I really like - 'permissionless innovation' - because anybody who has...
BARRY SILBERT
Our mission is to accelerate the development of a better financial system; it's not just develop...
BARRY SILBERT
To be a more efficient, faster, and cheaper way to send money around the world, you have to be able ...
BARRY SILBERT
We are very excited about the use of blockchain, whether it's Bitcoin or not, but we are as enth...
BARRY SILBERT
Bitcoin is one of the most viral concepts I've ever encountered.
BARRY SILBERT
You just can't bifurcate bitcoin currency from the technology. Bitcoin will always need a moneta...
BARRY SILBERT