#pan

Why should a company like Wal-Mart - who made $10 billion last year alone - be able to force taxpayers to foot the bill for their health-care costs? ↗

— John Sweeney

#alone #bill #billion #care costs #company

First off, I don't want anyone to think I'm this huge thing in Japan. Every group from here that's made any records over any length of time - even indie bands - have a Cheap Trick effect in Japan. ↗

— Matthew Sweet

#anyone #bands #cheap #effect #even

I wanted Kimi to be a Japanese record with a Japanese title. I wanted it to be for them. They appreciate things on a different level, and take their art very seriously - that's special if you're an artist. ↗

— Matthew Sweet

#art #artist #different #different level #i

So it helped me to just let go of all my tensions and feelings about that world and say 'OK, this is for my fans in Japan. They'll be nice and get into it and have fun.' And it was the first record I made at my home studio. ↗

— Matthew Sweet

#be nice #fans #feelings #first #fun

When I go to Japan and do shows I play for 1,000 to 1,500 people. I like a lot about Japan. Their popular culture and mass commercialization appeals to me. ↗

— Matthew Sweet

#appeals #commercialization #culture #go #i

Nothing is so great an example of bad manners as flattery. If you flatter all the company, you please none; If you flatter only one or two, you offend the rest. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#bad manners #company #example #flatter #flattery

There were many times my pants were so thin I could sit on a dime and tell if it was heads or tails. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#dime #heads #i #many #ny times

During the lifetime of Japan I became very neurotic, very paranoid. ↗

— David Sylvian

#during #i #japan #lifetime #neurotic

One of my biggest personal holdings is Rotana. That company has a very dominant force in the Middle East. It has around 45% of all the movie industry and around 75% of all the music. ↗

— Al-Waleed bin Talal

#biggest #company #dominant #dominant force #east

So, if you look at what's common among some of the companies I have, including the Four Seasons, NewsCorp, George V, the Plaza, these are all irreplaceable brands in their own fields. ↗

— Al-Waleed bin Talal

#brands #common #companies #fields #four