Bonnie Hammer quote: "The ground beneath you is shifting, and either you get sucked in by holding on to old ways, or you take a giant step forward by taking some risks and seeing what happens."

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BONNIE HAMMER

I'm very lucky that my husband is a true partner in child-rearing. If I get home late, he gets h...
BONNIE HAMMER

'Glory' pays tribute to honorable men who faced unimaginable discrimination even as they fou...
BONNIE HAMMER

This is the person you think is your antagonist, who ends up being your greatest ally: the person wh...
BONNIE HAMMER

We don't want to burn the series out. We want to make sure that (the producers) don't come to us wit...
BONNIE HAMMER

As anyone knows,
BONNIE HAMMER

Theatrical' keeps coming back to me, ... Something well done, well written, fun, not depressing, not...
BONNIE HAMMER

I struggle with what comes next,
BONNIE HAMMER

Depending on what day you ask me,
BONNIE HAMMER

I read a lot of sci-fi when I was younger, ... Loved it from the literary point of view. But if some...
BONNIE HAMMER

was to integrate the company, so all the creative juices and goals were the same.
BONNIE HAMMER

We'd all been talking about how we could make the channel more accessible,
BONNIE HAMMER

There were a lot of negative perceptions of both the genre and who actually watched it, that it's fo...
BONNIE HAMMER

Next year we don't have the Olympics, so we'll be going straight through first quarter. But it's a p...
BONNIE HAMMER

The biggest mistake to me is complacency.
BONNIE HAMMER

If I say something, I mean it. If I promise something, best as I can, I'm going to follow throug...
BONNIE HAMMER

Science fiction is not quirky anymore; we live in a futuristic world now.
BONNIE HAMMER

Realistically, guys who are into gaming are not necessarily watching television.
BONNIE HAMMER

With 'Battlestar Galactica,' we had such resistance from the fan base to changing it. The up...
BONNIE HAMMER

There were a lot of misperceptions that Sci Fi was for men: that it was for young men, and that it w...
BONNIE HAMMER

My dream isn't running a studio or doing anything managerial in any way, shape, or form.
BONNIE HAMMER

The loudest voice in the room doesn't always work. In fact, it usually grates to the point - to ...
BONNIE HAMMER

I think reading a room - reading the personalities, reading body language - is kind of a lost art.
BONNIE HAMMER

I think it's the nervousness and the worry that it won't last forever that keeps us working ...
BONNIE HAMMER

I always want to do better; I always want to find a new challenge.
BONNIE HAMMER

'Theatrical' keeps coming back to me, ... Something well done, well written, fun, not depressing, no...
BONNIE HAMMER

I didn't really have a road map ever.
BONNIE HAMMER

We may be more sophisticated in how we hide it, but there are still so many phobias in this world, w...
BONNIE HAMMER

What keeps me up is always raising the bar, and what makes my team happiest and also most worrisome ...
BONNIE HAMMER

'Stargate SG-1' is one of Sci Fi's sure-fire hits. It's got one of the best ensemble...
BONNIE HAMMER

Prejudice and discrimination based on our differences is an unfortunate fact of life.
BONNIE HAMMER

If you want to go out for a hunting trip and shoot cans with your son and a .22, that's fine. Do...
ARMIE HAMMER

Regrets and recriminations only hurt your soul.
ARMAND HAMMER

I mean I would still love to be in Mel Brooks' movies; he's great.
ARMIE HAMMER

I always believe that the sky is the beginning of the limit.
MC HAMMER

There were two auditions for 'The Social Network,' one with Aaron Sorkin and one with David ...
ARMIE HAMMER

There are two 'Snow White' movies coming out for the same reason that you remember back in t...
ARMIE HAMMER

I grew up in the Cayman Islands. I didn't play video games or watch TV. I would basically come h...
ARMIE HAMMER

I drove from L.A. to the bottom of Florida on Vespas, and I drove cross country multiple times in a ...
ARMIE HAMMER

I think when I work 14 hours a day, seven days a week, I get lucky.
ARMAND HAMMER

I love art. I used to have a painting of Gorbachev that was given to my family by Gorbachev.
ARMIE HAMMER

I think it is a shock to people to find out that MC Hammer is a super geek.
MC HAMMER

As a fluke, my great-grandfather hit one of the largest oil reserves in California.
ARMIE HAMMER

When I work fourteen hours a day, seven days a week, I get lucky.
ARMAND HAMMER

My wife comes from a foodie family so I've been indoctrinated into that. I had sweetbreads the o...
ARMIE HAMMER

My great-great-grandfather Julius founded the Communist Party in New York.
ARMIE HAMMER

My mother is a singer, still performs today; she's a jazz singer.
JAN HAMMER

I make an active effort to remain a positive role model to kids. They need people to show them there...
M.C. HAMMER

Jurors are locked in the jury room without a lawyer, and they are expected to master one of the most...
JIM HAMMER

I was visiting my grandchildren one day and realized I was feeding them my own product, Too Tarts, a...
ARMAND HAMMER

This is unusual for them. They're the gas company. They like to slam-dunk things.
MICHAEL HAMMER

We have seen this before. There has to be action that follows this, ... There is always a caveat or ...
MICHAEL HAMMER

There is a sense that business is a zero-sum game, that if companies are making a lot of money, it m...
MICHAEL HAMMER

If you would have seen it before and to see it now - it looks like a war zone.
MICHAEL HAMMER

When the IPO market tapers off, the more speculative types of issues tend to take a bigger beating t...
JOE HAMMER

People focus on the Nasdaq indices because in general they represent the kinds of companies that are...
JOE HAMMER

Biotech is going to continue to be a good market.
JOE HAMMER

The association has tried historically to do the very best they can to level the playing field. Our ...
CRAIG HAMMER

That is how this thing is spread. In other words, schools might be closed and public gatherings migh...
CHUCK HAMMER

It's a completely novel virus. Nobody has ever had it before, so when you come in contact with it, y...
CHUCK HAMMER

I almost got kicked out of eighth grade for selling 'Playboy.'
ARMIE HAMMER

Growth is a hard, hard thing to manage on every level. We've always risen to the occasion and we'll ...
CRAIG HAMMER

It could be the Clint Eastwood effect.
MICHAEL HAMMER

A successful career will no longer be about promotion. It will be about mastery.
MICHAEL HAMMER

Tonight, I'm asking you to start resisting a little-understood but critical inequity imposed by the ...
CHARLES HAMMER

If you think about it, the word "composing" or to compose, means to put together. So, you have to kn...
JAN HAMMER

It just looked mammoth. I'd never seen anything like it.
LAURA HAMMER

The approach that the music industry took to fight piracy was the wrong strategy.
MC HAMMER

[Southwest turns its planes around twice as fast as competitors, getting more flights out of expensi...
MICHAEL HAMMER

We fully plan to have a second wave of enlargement. Slovenia is definitely on that track.
MIKE HAMMER

This event arises out of a verbal disagreement between a husband and wife. Whether or not that's dis...
MARC HAMMER

The only curse left is the little goat on the North Side,
MICHAEL HAMMER

We hope and expect President Yeltsin will abide by his prior statements that Russia will not get mil...
MIKE HAMMER

You have to emote much more to get what you're trying to get across to come through a quarter in...
ARMIE HAMMER

I need it to survive. But most specifically, McDonalds Big Mac's and McDoubles (with no pickles)...
ARMIE HAMMER

That will help bring in cars and fans. The guys who are running for the points, which are usually th...
DON HAMMER

It was a nice weekend and we had 300 or 400 fans in the stands watching. That's unusual. You usually...
DON HAMMER

The CD is now the wax album and so it is a collector's item for people who collect music and lov...
MC HAMMER

I'd rather enjoy meals, order bottles of red wine and eat creme brulee at the end of dinner. The...
ARMIE HAMMER

Psy is fantastic. He's shifted the planet. He's got the whole world dancing. And it's a ...
MC HAMMER

It was very hard to get any records, so the only source for us to really hear what was happening was...
JAN HAMMER

I feel fortunate. I've really gotten to work with amazing talented people, and to learn from the...
ARMIE HAMMER

The problem that I have is with the music business. For some reason it seems almost impossible to ge...
JAN HAMMER

We sort of expected this to happen. We've decided to deal with this and make it a positive thing.
CRAIG HAMMER

CDs, as a physical product, are almost finished. Basically it's going to be "Wide World of Online."
JAN HAMMER

Maybe there'll be new bits of music that will start showing up. You know? Like what happened in the ...
JAN HAMMER

It's not really that I didn't want to perform at all. What I didn't want to do was try to put togeth...
JAN HAMMER

This is a return to conventional premiums that historically are part of the IPO market. We are back ...
JOE HAMMER

This is a return to conventional premiums that historically are part of the IPO market, ... We are b...
JOE HAMMER

We've got a decent tone to the market and a select number of quality deals are getting out. Everyone...
JOE HAMMER

I don't think the market will burst back. It will take its time in the first quarter. This won't be ...
JOE HAMMER

The more I thought about it, I didn't know if the children could be in danger or other animals or pe...
LAURA HAMMER

It was definitely some kind of big cat.
LAURA HAMMER

They discussed the Syrian track, and the best ways to move the process forward. There's still work t...
MIKE HAMMER

The techniques you and your organization have aren't limited to the computer utility, ... 'If they d...
MICHAEL HAMMER

I've been doing a lot of music for films and television for quite a few years.
JAN HAMMER

Private equity helps produce strong companies, promotes innovation and spurs job growth.
N. ROBERT HAMMER

Private equity funds a substantial amount of new businesses and is the source of capital to rejuvena...
N. ROBERT HAMMER

We have innovative differentiated technology that is recognized by our customers and third party ana...
N. ROBERT HAMMER

There is no denying that downsizing can happen when a company receives private equity funding. It is...
N. ROBERT HAMMER

One of my major objectives is to build a long-term enterprise, to build shareholder value over time.
N. ROBERT HAMMER

The good thing about execution issues are that they are within our control.
N. ROBERT HAMMER

When I work fourteen hours a day, seven days a week, I get lucky.
DR. ARMAND HAMMER

I have either run private equity funded companies or been a partner in a private equity fund since 1...
N. ROBERT HAMMER

Product pricing is aligned to the way customers want to acquire their solutions and are delivered vi...
N. ROBERT HAMMER

Dancing with a spinal cord injury is a challenge like no other, but I aspired to prove to myself tha...
SARAH TODD HAMMER

The video was still playing, although I didn't know why. It seemed as if the able-bodied dancers wer...
SARAH TODD HAMMER

I had learned quickly that life doesn't always go the way I want it to, and that's okay. I still plo...
SARAH TODD HAMMER

A tough lesson we must learn in life is that....NOT everyone is going to wish you well, not everyone...
JESSICA FAYE HAMMER

There comes a time in each persons life when we all flip a switch and realize what is truely importa...
JESSICA FAYE HAMMER

It seemed like an ordinary day, but little did I know that this wasn’t going to be a normal ballet...
SARAH TODD HAMMER

Knowing that only minutes earlier I had walked to the car, my mom helped me out and stood me up in t...
SARAH TODD HAMMER

When the doctors came in a little while later saying they thought they knew my diagnosis, I was afra...
SARAH TODD HAMMER

The thought of being able to [move my arms] made me want to give up my legs [instead] since I was ac...
SARAH TODD HAMMER

Before I knew it, I was racing across the highway. For the first time in my life, I didn’t know wh...
SARAH TODD HAMMER

I was really happy because the doctor had said I would be better by then, and I was ready for this t...
SARAH TODD HAMMER

With determination, it is possible to block out the negative things and enjoy the positive ones, des...
SARAH TODD HAMMER

Distribution has really changed. You can make a record with a laptop in the morning and have it up o...
BONNIE RAITT

When you start so young working, you build a hunger for acting, working, and a busy life.
BONNIE WRIGHT

It's hard to think it's important to try out as cheerleader when you're starring on Broa...
BONNIE BEDELIA

A lot of political music to me can be rather pedantic and corny, and when it's done right - like...
BONNIE RAITT

Sometimes I don't go into the studio for quite a while because I haven't found enough good s...
BONNIE RAITT

Unless you burst into movies as a sex goddess, you're likely to play wives and mothers. I came i...
BONNIE BEDELIA

I think my fans will follow me into our combined old age. Real musicians and real fans stay together...
BONNIE RAITT

I like big, soaring melodies and fun, splashy lyrics. Maybe like what Blondie would do in 2013.
BONNIE MCKEE

I'm just glad that I'm the musical equivalent of a character actress, because blues singers ...
BONNIE RAITT

I want to make a drug. I want the science to be more than imaginary, where I think, 'We're l...
BONNIE BASSLER

My parents put skates on me at age 2, the way it should be if you're serious, and I've always liked ...
BONNIE BLAIR

An unhurried sense of time is in itself a form of wealth.
BONNIE FRIEDMAN

So, okay, I'm not a genius. Vincent Van Gogh and Albert Einstein were geniuses.
BONNIE BASSLER

I have a great affinity for senior citizens.
BONNIE HUNT

I've been lucky enough that I can gather all sorts of experiences and find inspiration by travel...
BONNIE RAITT

Every year there's five cop shows, five medical shows and five 'Law & Orders,' but w...
BONNIE SOMERVILLE

I have never gone out of fashion. And do you know why? Because I never sought it. When you don't...
BONNIE TYLER

I've been singing since I was 16 because I love it - I wanted to be a singer, not a star. There&...
BONNIE TYLER

I'm always buying nice watches for my husband - Bentley Breitlings.
BONNIE TYLER

Thank God for Botox.
BONNIE TYLER

I've been around for such a long time. My first hit record was over 20 years ago and the people ...
BONNIE TYLER

I've been successful, but I haven't had any unwanted attention. To be honest, I've never...
BONNIE TYLER

I don't do every song that comes my way; I'm very choosy.
BONNIE TYLER

When I was in the recording studio, I needed to concentrate on what my voice was doing, which is rat...
BONNIE TYLER

I'm always late to bed - usually after midnight - but then I sleep for around ten hours.
BONNIE TYLER

I've been able to help my family financially since making my first hit record. I bought my paren...
BONNIE TYLER

We were brought up Protestant, and I went to church three times a day on a Sunday. My parents weren&...
BONNIE TYLER

I never enjoyed making videos, even though the 'Total Eclipse' video was nominated for a Gra...
BONNIE TYLER

When I did the video for 'Holding Out For A Hero,' we filmed that on top of the Grand Canyon...
BONNIE TYLER

In 1983 I'd had a number one. I'd sold 6 million copies of Total Eclipse Of The Heart all ov...
BONNIE TYLER

You think the Welsh are friendly, but the Irish are fabulous.
BONNIE TYLER

Fabulous place, Dublin is. The trouble is, you work hard and in Dublin you play hard as well.
BONNIE TYLER

I still love to do the old songs. I know some people don't.
BONNIE TYLER

I'd be happy to live till 80 as long as I was comfortable and in good health. Mind you, ask me a...
BONNIE TYLER

Whenever I sing 'Total Eclipse of the Heart,' the way people sing along with me still excite...
BONNIE TYLER

I love eyeshadow, blushers, and eyelashes with lots of black liquid eyeliner.
BONNIE TYLER

I suppose I don't have to work, but I do love working. I class myself as a working-class girl, a...
BONNIE TYLER

I am very fortunate to be doing something I completely love, so it is certainly not hard to get moti...
BONNIE TYLER

It's sad to know I'm done. But looking back, I've got a lot of great memories.
BONNIE BLAIR

I advise wannabe singers to form a band, practise in your garage if you have to, but do as many char...
BONNIE TYLER

Solar power is the last energy resource that isn't owned yet - nobody taxes the sun yet.
BONNIE RAITT

I was very down as a teenager, very upset because I had gotten hurt in a car accident. But my dad wa...
BONNIE HUNT

My mum was a wonderful mother. She died, aged 80, of Alzheimer's disease, which was dreadful to ...
BONNIE TYLER

I do believe that God blessed me in life with a wonderful family, a successful career, and a loving ...
BONNIE TYLER

My legs tightened up pretty much, and it was a hard last corner for me.
BONNIE BLAIR

Apolo is going to have to keep skating so he can add more gold to his entourage.
BONNIE BLAIR

This Olympics is almost a little sad. It is my final Olympics. There are a lot of good memories.
BONNIE BLAIR

I will remember all the days at the Olympics.
BONNIE BLAIR

I was really happy with my race, though. I beat my personal best by 1.2 seconds.
BONNIE BLAIR

You have to have the right mind-set.
BONNIE BLAIR

I just hope I can get another personal best. If I can do that, I'll be satisfied.
BONNIE BLAIR

I don't fear anything.
BONNIE BLAIR

The sport I love has taken me around the world and shown me many things.
BONNIE BLAIR

No matter what the competition is, I try to find a goal that day and better that goal.
BONNIE BLAIR

I wasn't really expecting me to win the gold in this race. To get another medal for myself and f...
BONNIE BLAIR

Even though I enjoy that head-to-head competition part, one of the things that drove me to long trac...
BONNIE BLAIR

I love short track. I competed in short track, I was a world champion in 1986 but at that point in t...
BONNIE BLAIR

My parents put skates on me at age 2, the way it should be if you're serious, and I've alway...
BONNIE BLAIR

I'm definitely going to miss hearing the sound of that gun.
BONNIE BLAIR

What I've learned from my own journey, and from my family's experience with cancer, is how i...
BONNIE BLAIR

I never could have achieved the success that I have without setting physical activity and health goa...
BONNIE BLAIR

Winning doesn't always mean being first. Winning means you're doing better than you've e...
BONNIE BLAIR

Quakers are known for wanting to give back. Ban the bomb and the civil rights movement and the nativ...
BONNIE RAITT

I don't consider roles like in 'Die Hard' what I do. This is like a hobby. It's fun....
BONNIE BEDELIA

Chicago has definitely played a part in my character development. I love the essence of the city, th...
BONNIE HUNT

I like doing clay work. It's different from drawing on a page because you have something to mold...
BONNIE WRIGHT

As a dancer I've always checked my body constantly; 'Am I having a good day or am I having a...
BONNIE LANGFORD

'I Will Not Be Broken' has really become very healing for me. Any time you go through a cata...
BONNIE RAITT

I go to the gym regularly, not just for the way I look but because it makes me less cranky, too.
BONNIE LANGFORD

Think about multicellularity on this Earth. Every living thing originally came from bacteria. So, wh...
BONNIE BASSLER

I didn't even know how to judge 'Die Hard 1.' It's not anything I know how to judge....
BONNIE BEDELIA

Anytime you ride against the best in the world, it becomes a learning process.
BONNIE BLAIR

Especially girls, but any kids exposed to music programs and arts programs do much better on their t...
BONNIE RAITT

We mostly don't get sick. Most often, bacteria are keeping us well.
BONNIE BASSLER

My bacteria glow in the dark - no human being doesn't like that.
BONNIE BASSLER

When antibiotics became industrially produced following World War II, our quality of life and our lo...
BONNIE BASSLER

Most bacteria aren't bad. We breathe and eat and ingest gobs of bacteria every single moment of ...
BONNIE BASSLER

Think about all kinds of infectious diseases, like mumps or measles or chicken pox. When a virgin po...
BONNIE BASSLER

What's great about bacteria is you have a surprise every day waiting for you because they're...
BONNIE BASSLER

You live in intimate association with bacteria, and you couldn't survive without them.
BONNIE BASSLER

When antibiotics first came out, nobody could have imagined we'd have the resistance problem we ...
BONNIE BASSLER

Pat Benatar might need a rock band, but I can just sit with a blues guitar for an hour and a half an...
BONNIE RAITT

My love was Bob Dylan, but as I got older I realized a good ballad was a good ballad.
BONNIE RAITT

The ground beneath you is shifting, and either you get sucked in by holding on to old ways, or you take a giant step forward by taking some risks and seeing what happens.

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The ground beneath you is shifting, and either you get sucked in by holding on to old ways, or you take a giant step forward by taking some risks and seeing what happens.

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