Christopher Poole Quotes
As a teenager, I used to use the nickname 'Moo' as a moniker online, and then I turned into 'Moot' for fun, which I didn't even realize was a real word at the time, and it just stuck with me.Christopher Poole
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When companies get big, they slow down. They're not as exciting. If you want to get something done, it takes a lot of time and a lot of meetings.
Adam D'Angelo -
In tennis, because of the way it's scored, I don't think that scoring one point out of luck is ever decisive in winning. But, of course, it depends on the moment.
Rafael Nadal -
If you know you are giving your best effort, you'll never have any reason for regrets.
Naveen Jain -
If you're losing, just be a man; be a man and lose as a man.
Marat Safin -
There's always room to volunteer. I think that's a huge space to be involved with.
Halima Aden -
But I love the idea - whether it's in my work or where I live - exploring new frontier, and I like putting myself in strange places and trying to survive and figure things out and gather up an infrastructure. I like knowing that I could figure out a way to live anywhere.
Madonna Breakfast Club
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I used to be very photogenic. My brother took a lot of pictures of me in Dubai. I thought maybe I could be a movie star. There was a hurdle, though - I didn't know anything about films.
Vijay Sethupathi -
It is possible for a kid from east Texas, raised in south central LA and Carson, who believes in his dreams, commits himself to them with his heart, to touch them and to have them happen.
Forest Whitaker -
Racism is everywhere - the older generations in Malaysia still say things like, 'She's darker-skinned; maybe don't marry her,' and it's very judgmental. A lot of girls do try to get fairness cream to lighten their skin, and I'm against all of that.
Yuna -
I don't really see myself as an actor.
Youssou N'Dour -
The hardest thing is at the end you have to say bye to all these people who you have worked with for so many months. It was really sad not to see them anymore. But you have the parties that you go to and you get to see them, like the premieres and the screenings.
Dakota Fanning -
We are all tasked to balance and optimize ourselves.
Mae Jemison
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I will do as I usually do. Tomorrow is going to be a day like any other day.
Rafael Nadal -
Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.
W. Clement Stone -
Every year we celebrate the holy season of Advent, O God. Every year we pray those beautiful prayers of longing and waiting, and sing those lovely songs of hope and promise.
Karl Rahner -
I've lived with boys and girls, and I find that boys are generally cleaner than girls. Generally! This is a big generalization!
Sam Claflin -
I like to work.
Gary Coleman -
The transaction cost approach maintains that some projects are easy to finance by debt and ought to be financed by debt. These are projects for which physical-asset specificity is low to moderate.
Oliver E. Williamson
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I think almost everything about humans and human civilization is explained better by evolution than anything else.
Naval Ravikant -
This was their ceremonial hymn: Anon We loved but would no marriage make. Anon The one refused the other one to take, Foreswore the sipping of the marriage wine.
Wallace Stevens -
It involved a lot of trust, but I love Bobby Harlow, and I loved the albums that he made.
King Tuff -
As founders of a company that bore their names, Mr. Pilgrim and Mr. Baxter should have set an example of integrity and fair play, ... Instead, they were at the center of improper conduct that deceived and harmed their clients.
Eliot Spitzer -
After a month or so in St. Louis, we were looking around desperately for a way to draw a few people into the ball park, it being perfectly clear by that time that the ball club wasn't going to do it unaided.
Bill Veeck -
As a teenager, I used to use the nickname 'Moo' as a moniker online, and then I turned into 'Moot' for fun, which I didn't even realize was a real word at the time, and it just stuck with me.
Christopher Poole