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" Washing dishes gave me the sense of empowerment and feeling that I control my destiny. "
Shahid Khan
Me
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Sense
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" The bedrock of this country are immigration and, really, a great separation between church and state. "
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" You have to take the time to live in a place to collect all the pieces, develop a vision. You can't just go to Home Depot and buy everything. "
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" It's not an easy thing to captive-breed a falcon. You need to take extreme care of its diet and exercise and keep it close to its natural environment. Whenever the birds take ill, I only use Ayurveda to cure them. "
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" I've gotten to know them and love everything about the people of Jacksonville. There is an energy and a youth factor here that you don't typically associate with Florida. There's a real vitality. It's energizing. "
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" I learned analytics. It's a point of reference, of information. It has to be a factor in decision making. "
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Decision
" As a fan, there are times you get frustrated as to what you think a team ought to be doing. "
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You
" I think imagination is a crazy thing, and that's what makes the world go around. "
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" Whenever I was flying commercial, I would land in Chicago, and they would announce, 'Get your passports out.' It happened so often, I would walk to the front of the plane and say, 'You're looking for me. Just take me; it will be easier for everybody else. "
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" You can't confuse safety with religion or national origin. "
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" I really believe in fate or destiny, and I believe the Jacksonville Jaguars were my destiny. I believe, when it's all said and done, it couldn't have worked out better for me... man, oh man, this was just perfect. "
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Believe
Destiny
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Counting
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You
" In the auto industry, I spent years perfecting processes. Now, the successes and failures don't get the kind of publicity obviously NFL football does. "
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" This is a partnership really with the fans. They have to come and support the team. "
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" When I got there, there were two sides: business and football. Business I understand. It was pretty obvious to me what we had to do. But the football side was like the Holy Grail. "
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Football
" I have learned lessons in America about how you go about things, and what I know is that you find the best people, empower them, give them the resources, and hold them accountable. "
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