Bruce Nordstrom
Related We asked ourselves what we wanted this company to stand for. We didn't want to just sell shoes. ... TONY HSIEH CAITLYN JENNER One of the things which make any company successful, in particular the Home Depot, was that we under... BERNARD MARCUS 35. God is entitled to a portion of our income—not because He needs it but because we need to give... JAMES C. DOBSON We're at 40% of capacity right now. We measure our success and the success of the facility one custo... BRUCE MANTZ I was an only child of a father who loved me deeply, but we didn't play catch, even though I was... CHARLIE ROSE We're in full operation. We have not missed any service to our customers and our employees have not ... CINDY ADAMS JAMES HANSEN Intel's still our main partner. We have not announced anything with AMD and don't have anyth... KEVIN ROLLINS We are committed to delivering best-in-class services. Our industry-setting performance standards em... ED MCGUINNESS NICHOLAS KRISTOF The shopping experience offered by Seattle-based Nordstrom is world-class. It is part of our commitm... AL FERRIS SANJAY KUMAR We saw Laundromats were not clean, not friendly and not mindful to customer service. We felt like Du... CHARITY PARKER We have to live together and make the best of it. They should eventually be permitted to join the Eu... COSTAS KARAMANLIS JEFF BEZOS Dad was a strict disciplinarian and would give us a wallop with a wooden spoon if we were out of ord... STEPHEN MANGAN L.L. BEAN CRAIG GROESCHEL There was a great strain in our family because my father didn't want anything to do with me. He ... CAROL VORDERMAN We wanted to do a sequel with Jim and Jeff. They said that the word was that Jim didn't want to ... BOBBY FARRELLY I was a poor kid. I came from nothing. We didn't have any money; a lot of times we didn't ha... DAVID BAUTISTA With 'Sherry,' we were looking for a sound. We wanted to make the kind of mark that, if the ... FRANKIE VALLI I know that I'm not Bruce Springsteen, ... But it was a symbolic statement that I wanted to make. YOUSSOU N'DOUR He literally waved a white flag, or a T-shirt, and came out and surrendered to our folks, ... He saw... CHARLES WALTERS We want to maintain a customer-oriented focus to our programs. It reminds staff that we're in a serv... CYNTHIA HINCKLEY To be recognized by our residents as the best in the industry for fulfilling customer service needs ... ADAM FORD 'Dawson's Creek' was my introduction to the industry. It put some money in my pocket and... MICHAEL PITT He was here when we got here. He said he wanted to be our first customer. KATHY EMERY I wanted to be a New York City firefighter. I didn't make it in, though. JON FAVREAU We struggled with identifying the most effective way to service customers, fend off competitors and ... BOB BERCKMAN We didn't ever want 'Tarzan' to feel like he was just a man. We didn't want him to s... KEVIN LIMA JAMES D. WATSON We wanted to make sure he was not swimming at us. We have seen a lot of gators, but never any crocod... DARREN KENYON The additional capacity will be used to grow our Midwest business with both existing and new custome... DENNIS BARRINEAU Look at Gleason in The Honeymooners. He was humorous but the way he lived wasn't really humorous... GEORGE THOROGOOD For a while, I dallied with the idea of the law - I didn't really know what it was, but I though... RORY KINNEAR We have received expressions of interest from a large number of Continental fleet-service workers an... JOE TIBERI We knew it was going to have a devastating impact on our business, employees and our customers. We w... BRIAN LEVINE CAROL BURNETT Jack Bruce, as soon as I saw him, it changed me. I didn't even know what bass players did until ... GEEZER BUTLER HANK STRAM Our service model was our ability to deliver a personalized rental experience, and we wanted to make... PATRICK FARRELL I was a weird teenager. My mother was actually worried because I didn't have any interest in dat... KIESZA JOAN DIDION Our network continues to be our top priority as we head into 2006. We are committed to providing our... DAN NORMAN JACKSON POLLOCK Our faith institutions have the best product that God can offer; but we have the worst customer serv... JOHNNIE DENT JR. IAN MCKELLEN GORDON BROWN TREVOR NOAH I really wanted to make it as a ballet dancer to make my mom proud. But it didn't happen. TRACY ANDERSON We are building a fantastic entertainment offering for all the family by partnering with the best. A... DAN MARKS JANE FONDA We will continue to reduce costs by improving efficiency in all our operational and business process... E. POTTER TED OLSON JACK NICKLAUS BARBARA EHRENREICH DWAYNE JOHNSON DONALD JOHANSON I wanted to make a jazz record. I didn't want it to be a standards record. RITA COOLIDGE CLINT EASTWOOD DAVID MORRISSEY Al Gore wanted to tell people what they could listen to and what they couldn't, what they could ... GLENN DANZIG DONATELLA VERSACE SHERRI SHEPHERD CHUCK JONES I think I would have had trouble living with someone who didn't know what it was like to be an a... PAM FERRIS STACY KEACH MARK WAID WOODY HARRELSON MATTHEW QUICK KARA WALKER We have done our utmost to devise a structure that is fair to all our customers. But we recognize th... TOM MOSES CRAIG GROESCHEL PALOMA PICASSO When I first started making music, I didn't really know what I was doing. I just wanted to write... JULIANA HATFIELD At the end of the day, customer choice is essential. And we don't make products that compete wit... TONY FADELL LINDA MCCARTNEY SOURCE UNKNOWN JOSEPH HELLER Texas is really special in that we have our own music scene, our own music chart. It's almost a ... MAREN MORRIS AL FRANKEN I really wanted to be a newspaper cartoonist, but nobody liked my work. I didn't have the contro... JEFF KINNEY So actually we didn't have any contacts with UFO organizations. It was all strictly government. BETTY HILL KATE WINSLET CRAIG GROESCHEL We have to credit our customers with the idea. They asked for it. JANE WRIGHT The idea of a streaming service, like Netflix for music, I'm not totally against it. It's ju... PATRICK CARNEY Jerry didn't know he wanted to get married until he was married. EILEEN FORD HUGH LAURIE TOM DELONGE I actually wanted to be a forensic scientist for a while. When I was doing my Standard Grades, three... EMUN ELLIOTT We wanted to give people an idea of what it was like living in that time. MARINA TORTORELLO LAILA ALI JUNIOR SEAU FRANCESCA ANNIS I had a good upbringing, we didn't have any money, but there was a lot of love in my family. DANNY DYER The library regrets having to reduce its service to the public for any reasons, so obviously we regr... EMILY KICKLIGHTER BRENDON URIE
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