Marissa Mayer Quotes
Management is defense. You basically say, 'This is the direction; this is where we're heading,' and then it's my job to get everything else out of the way. All the other things that can become a distraction keep us from executing well. Get those out of the way, because the team ultimately needs to run in that direction and execute well.
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I'm a New Yorker. My background is in theater, so staying here, I have the opportunity to get back to that, which I would love to do.
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Love is more than one thing.
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A lot of labels are hiring a lot more accountants than people that know music.
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I'm the Chris Martin of hip-hop.
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I had a thick accent, and people didn't understand me, and I was ashamed, and I fumbled. I radiated an uncertain energy; sometimes baristas sensed this and wouldn't try to talk to me, and then an insecure voice in my head would cry, 'He's racist!'
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The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.
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I'm honestly not the kind of person who wants to step up to a podium, test the microphone and be like, 'Hey, I'm homosexual and this is who I am, hear me roar.' That's not who I am.
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People have lost their faith that if they work hard, if they try to get ahead, if they play by the rules, then that will ultimately result in positive outcomes.
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If I didn't have a girlfriend, I'd have 10 girls at the studio, and they would make me not rap.
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I am a huge, huge fan of the plain white tee. A good-fitting, vintage plain white t-shirt, like the 'boyfriend shirt', is the sexiest thing a girl can wear. It goes with anything, fancy or casual.
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Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.
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Insults are the business of the court.
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Inspiration is God making contact with itself.
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I know that inner wisdom is more precious than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain.
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I've been able to sell a number of pilots. Most have been based on my personal experience, so basically, my pitches have been like 'Sit-'n-Spin' pieces.
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I have no hostility to nature, but a child's love to it. I expand and live in the warm day like corn and melons.
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Do I think Vince McMahon was looking at my matches in Japan going, 'We need him?' No. He wasn't. He's too busy. There's no way. But somebody may have been looking and going, 'All right, I like this guy. Let's give him a shot.'
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That's why for Zakk Wylde's Black Label Society the colors are black and white. There are no gray issues. Life is black and it's white. There's no in-between.
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One day I said to my dad, 'Are you disappointed that I'm working a minimum-wage job and I didn't go to college?' I'll never forget his response. He said, 'It's not about how much money you make or what your job is, but it's more about your character. For that, I'm proud of you.'
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My job is to ensure the sanctity of this House. Ensuring the sanity of its Master seemed like a good start.
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All I can do is make sure Demetrious Johnson does the best he can on fight night and goes out and wins his fights.
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Directing a television episode is no joke, and it's incredibly difficult and especially when you're acting in it as well.
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Management is defense. You basically say, 'This is the direction; this is where we're heading,' and then it's my job to get everything else out of the way. All the other things that can become a distraction keep us from executing well. Get those out of the way, because the team ultimately needs to run in that direction and execute well.
