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Despite their good intentions, today's businesses are missing an opportunity to integrate social responsibility and day-to-day business objectives - to do good and make money simultaneously. ”
Whitney Houston and Ella Fitzgerald are my musical mothers. I learned everything I know about true R&B, pop and jazz singing from these stunning performers and unparalleled musicians. ”
While we are clear that it is right that those who work hard, generate wealth and create jobs for our country are rewarded, where failure is rewarded or people award themselves huge pay rises that bear no relation to performance or what their companies can bear, trust is severely undermined. ”
I wasn't born into one of the two main parties, but both my parents had a strong sense of social justice. ”
The only way to find true happiness is to risk being completely cut open. ”
My teacher Tom Spanbauer, the man who got me started writing in his workshop, used to say: 'Writers write because they weren't invited to a party.' That always struck so true, and people always nod their heads when they hear that. Especially writers. ”
I've always just tried to treat people with respect, build relationships with players and coaches... build a trust. ”
Respectability? Who wants to be respectable? That's spoken like a true loser. ”
Remember that my view, the only true view I can see with, is through the black eyes that I have. ”
Maybe it is true what they say, that playing these Chuck Berry songs is easy. But try singing them. The words come out hard, like bullets. ”