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I think singing is one of the most natural things that human beings do, but it's difficult.
I say long and lean as opposed to tall, because you could be 5 four and look long and lean.
There is no reason ever to have the same thought twice, unless you like having that thought.
Build with advocacy, follow with influence. Your employees are your biggest brand advocates.
The gift of giving and paying it forward has always been traits I consider to be invaluable.
I think I learned pretty early that in the end, its only you. To an extent, youre all alone.
In a climate of uncertainty and fear, without strong and visionary leadership, people panic.
I do things like hem a pair of pants, I do my own tailoring but I wouldn't attempt a jacket.
If I had been brilliant or a genius, I wouldn't have needed to break the law just to survive.
I use a credit card for everything - and I choose one of the ones which gives you money back.
The biggest lesson I learned in the bar business is to focus on revenues. Dollars, not dimes.
So the ethic I was taught in school resulted in the path I chose in my life following school.
If my forgeries looked as bad as the CBS documents, it would have been "Catch Me In Two Days."
If my forgeries looked as bad as the CBS documents, it would have been 'Catch Me In Two Days'.
Sound science must be our guide in choosing which problems to tackle and how to approach them.
[Winning the Thelonious Monk International Saxophone Competition]definitely opened some doors.
I could have evaded the FBI a lot longer if I had been able to control my passion for hacking.
I think I learned pretty early that in the end, it's only you. To an extent, you're all alone.
A winemaker never, never changes the character of a wine. The character comes from the grapes.
Things are recalibrated according to new perspectives and perceptions. It's fascinating to me.
I don't believe that a piece of paper will excuse my actions. In the end, only my actions will.
Some people call it global warming; some people call it climate change. What is the difference?
The visual is important. "Let's get to work" says let's get it done, and that's what they want.
In 2012, 40 of the top companies to work for were also among the top companies in social media.
In the bar and restaurant industry, you're always one idea away from your next quarter-million.
When people write about me, they usually start off with the headline 'World's Greatest Con Man.'
I get hired to hack into computers now and sometimes it's actually easier than it was years ago.
It must kill George Bush that John McCain is the most popular and Beloved Republican in America.
My worry is that opera will become an historic art form as opposed to a living, breathing thing.
It was very challenging to mentor the mentors, and yes, you do see more sides of my personality.
I'm really not a trend promoter because I feel that people push trends on people they shouldn't.
If you want to, you can share my teaching refrain: I can't want you to succeed more than you do.
Almost any fault, sin or crime is considered more leniently if there's a touch of class involved.
I just think that I associated music with something that was healing and transformative as a kid.
I opened my first bar that I owned in 1989. The first one I ever owned was in downtown St. Louis.
Hacking is exploiting security controls either in a technical, physical or a human-based element.
I'm a Catholic, but I used to love going to Vacation Bible School with my fundamentalist friends.
Losing would be painful, but not as painful as knowing there was something else you could've done.
[Charles McPherson] was kind enough to go to a record gig of mine where we recorded a song of his.
Enthusiasm comes from the Greek word entheos, which means, "inspired" or "filled with the divine."
As I continue to mature and navigate the world, there are so many myths that are dispelled for me.
At at any point in time, knowing what has to get done, and when, creates a terrain for maneuvering.
This is the bar your content has to clear on social: "Are you more interesting to me than my wife?"
It's a complicated story [hoe I got into music ]. I actually wrote a book about it, titled For Sue.
I did get a huge endorphin rush when I was able to crack a system because it was like a video game.
My parents discussed singing every night over the dinner table; I had a tremendous music education.
Although the rumors are of Apple doing an iWatch, I think that design idea is actually too limited.
I learned early on in teaching how easy it is to hurt a young person and that's never my intention.
So often the difference between success and failure is belief. Belief leads to action and execution.
Keeping a bar clean is basic in this business. Having a staff that speaks adequate English is basic.