#tom

A man does not automatically become a public figure because he happens to build an empire out of chicken fat. ↗

— James Pinckney Miller

#because #become #build #chicken #does

You spend ten years of your life being trained to do one thing, and you're being taught to think that it's the most serious thing that anyone could possibly do, and then suddenly you find yourself doing something that in some respects is the epitome of frivolity. ↗

— Jonathan Miller

#being #could #doing #epitome #find

I don't think any actor has the luxury of knowing exactly what scripts are going to turn out well and what ones aren't. It would be wonderful to have that particular skill, and maybe people like Tom Cruise have it more than most, but you go into each project hoping that a good, if not great, film will come out the other end. ↗

— Jonny Lee Miller

#any #come #cruise #each #end

The primary symptom of a controller is denial, that is I can't see its symptoms in myself. ↗

— Keith Miller

#i #myself #primary #see #symptom

As an economics undergraduate, I also worked on a part-time basis in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for a company that was advising customers about portfolio decisions, writing reports. ↗

— Merton Miller

#advising #also #basis #cambridge #company

Not wishing to be disturbed over moral issues of the political economy, Americans cling to the notion that the government is a sort of automatic machine, regulated by the balancing of competing interests. ↗

— C. Wright Mills

#balancing #cling #competing #disturbed #economy

We opened a design center in the South of England last year as part of our strategy for being close to our customers and developing innovative products for exciting new markets. ↗

— David Milne

#center #close #customers #design #developing

I've been accustomed to being famous and having a certain level of attention for 14 years, but in the last few months, it's changed. It's like on the arcade game, I've gone up to the next level. ↗

— Kylie Minogue

#arcade #attention #been #being #being famous

Determine to become one of the best. Sufficient money will almost automatically follow if you get to be one of the "best" in your chosen field, whatever it is. ↗

— Donald G. Mitchell

#automatically #become #best #chosen #determine

Study as if you were going to live forever; live as if you were going to die tomorrow. ↗

— Maria Mitchell

#forever #going #live #study #tomorrow