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I sold some shares, but on a net basis, significantly increased my ownership. ↗

— Jeffrey Skilling

#i #increased #net #ownership #shares

In the fall of the year 2000, there just happened to be a decision point when they asked me to become Chief Executive Officer of the company. It was a time when, as you remember, we were starting to have some real problems in the California energy markets. ↗

— Jeffrey Skilling

#become #california #chief #chief executive #company

I dreamed of having a book of my own, of writing one that I could put on a shelf. ↗

— Patti Smith

#could #dreamed #having #i #my own

Black patients were treated much later in their disease process. They were often not given the same kind of pain management that white patients would have gotten and they died more often of diseases. ↗

— Rebecca Skloot

#died #disease #diseases #given #gotten

I learned about HeLa cells in my first basic biology class, and I just became completely obsessed with them from that point on. ↗

— Rebecca Skloot

#basic #became #biology #cells #class

See, I have no journalism in my background, so I wasn't practised at research or writing non-fiction, nor at handling the truth in a journalistic way. Journalists know when to call a halt and write something, but I kept on looking for answers. ↗

— John Sladek

#background #call #halt #handling #i

After I did Untamed Heart I wanted to do a film that was outrageous. I really wanted to do, you know, a performance. I don't want to allow my image to rule the choices that I make. ↗

— Christian Slater

#allow #choices #did #film #heart

I would hope that understanding and reconciliation are not limited to the 19th hole alone. ↗

— Gerald R. Ford

#hole #hope #i #limited #reconciliation

Gang members have invariably grown up in broken, chaotic homes, often experiencing domestic violence; they have truanted from school and many have been formally excluded; and they live in neighbourhoods where worklessness, addiction and crime are rife. ↗

— Iain Duncan Smith

#been #broken #chaotic #crime #domestic

Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#fools #men #need #take #wise