Chip Conley Quotes
Whether we're conscious of it or not, our work and personal lives are made up of daily rituals, including when we eat our meals, how we shower or groom, or how we approach our daily descent into the digital world of email communication.
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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After the success of my first album and the success of 'Flow Joe' kind of faded, I was struggling to make some money and make ends meet.
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If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.
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I try to talk about policy issues intelligently, I try very hard to avoid thought bubbles. I make sure my speeches are well researched and footnoted. I make sure I am not talking through my hat.
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Best wine if you're stranded on a deserted island? 1982 Salon Champagne.
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Everybody loves a villain - let's face it.
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Obviously, I never want to make the same record twice. I want to keep moving forward. That's the real challenge, I think.
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You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.
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A lot of things and a lot of money is involved in a movie. It is very upsetting when a movie doesn't fare well at the box-office.
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I was a dancer when I got discovered, and I started working immediately. I started being in commercials and doing guest star roles. My first big thing, which happened maybe six months after being discovered, was 'Bring It On: All or Nothing.'
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I have never liked the 'Been there done that' thing... You hear that all the time from people, and I think it's just based on pure insecurity... Each person is going to have their own unique take on something.
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I don't think being a writer who is religious means you have to write about nothing but religion. When I do write about religion, it's to inform the story, not to push a certain agenda.
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Contrary to what professional economists will typically tell you, economics is not a science. All economic theories have underlying political and ethical assumptions, which make it impossible to prove them right or wrong in the way we can with theories in physics or chemistry.
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I went from a player who was never fit to a person who actually worked hard to get myself in shape.
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If you respect a language and culture, it shows in your work.
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One guy that I wish was here right now, Ted Williams, helped me so much, our long talks, not about hitting but about fishing, one of Ted's passions, and I wish he was here today to share this with me because I owe so much to Ted Williams.
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No one really knows who I am or where I came from in America, and there's something quite nice about that.
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I technically have two last names, which is a lot of fun when you're making airline reservations.
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I have always thought, the secret purpose of the book tour is to make the writer hate the book he's written. And, as a result, drive him to write another book.
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The only thing I know is I ain't changing my brand. I know what I believe. I'm confident in what I know. And I'm gonna say it. And if folks like it, wonderful. If they don't like it, I understand.
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New Zealand is such a down-to-earth place.
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Only a thoughtless observer can deny that correspondences come into play between the world of modern technology and the archaic symbol-world of mythology.
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The frontiers we broke into in the '60s are still largely unexplored.
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Whether we're conscious of it or not, our work and personal lives are made up of daily rituals, including when we eat our meals, how we shower or groom, or how we approach our daily descent into the digital world of email communication.
