Richard Thomas
Richard Thomas
Known best for his role as John-Boy on TV's The Waltons, he began his television career in 1959 in a version of A Doll's House before moving on to appear in some soap operas.
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth13 June 1951
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
Richard Thomas quotes about
bargaining bigger committed company dispute ensuring general giant health issue labor members public safety traded
This is a bigger issue than any labor dispute between the company and the Steelworkers. We are committed to ensuring that Giant complies with the law. The health and safety of our members and of the general public will not be traded away at the bargaining table.
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China represents an enormous market and opportunity for us, both in terms of our rich online games and mobile applications, as well as our enterprise software solutions and services. Our strong performance in China during the first quarter is a clear indication of our ability to capitalize on the opportunity.
We want to go out with a bang, not a whimper,
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Part of their problem is so much of the airport is under construction, they don't want to build a gate only to have to tear it down later. We are trying to work with them on a solution.
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Our motto is 'join in and have fun' and we want people to come along and enjoy themselves.
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I feel like we sold ourselves a wonderful future. This is just the beginning of a new page in and around the western edge of the panhandle. I think we will get the Joint Strike Fighter.
costs cut hiring people
If other people want to cut costs by hiring outsiders, so be it.
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Giant Cement's managers knew they broke the law and they didn't have a leg to stand on. This settlement is a positive step, but obviously it would have been much better for all concerned if the company had not declared war on its skilled Union workforce in the first place.
business hands
I don't want a business to be in the hands of an individual.
gone investors producers result tour
If the tour had not gone ahead, the result would be that investors and producers would become more and more risk-averse. This is a freedom- of-speech issue.
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We've been trying to work with them over the past year and a half, but I guess it was the existence of a building there, and it must have been at a good price, whatever it is, because we tried to be very competitive with our incentives here.
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Here we are from Texas and we made it OK driving through all this, and the guy who lives here didn't make it.
produce production
We're manning up production as much as we can, ... We can only produce so many.
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I loved being in the room with Mamet as a director - he is the most generous, funny, delightful person to work for every day.