Mark Pincus Quotes
The more you can be self-aware and honest about yourself, the more you can cultivate that in other people.
Quotes to Explore
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Sweden is a small country, and a Swedish writer can barely make a living as an author. We were able to quit our jobs as journalists only after we had been translated into, among others, German.
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It sounds kind of stupid, but I've never not wanted to be a musician. It's been inside me since I was little so I don't know what else I would do.
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I think most families have a few secrets or some strange aspect to their history. We're all fascinated by family dynamics, but I'd much rather sit in an audience and watch someone else's problems!
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If I get to a place early in the morning, I try to walk around by myself. I still try to find cool places to go to, like a record store in St. Louis or some restaurant in Chicago.
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I've got quite a good poker face. I'm known for being able to keep my emotions very much in check: no one knows how I'm feeling. I can be winning or losing but keep it very much the same.
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We're going to lose more species, acidify the oceans more, do damage that it will take millions of years - if not longer - to unwind. Exactly how much damage will we do? How deep will those scars run? We don't know yet. But we will turn the ship.
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I love road trips! My husband and I love that. We bought a truck with a bench seat so we could put the dog in the middle.
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Tragedy is like strong acid - it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth.
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I've had the same barber since I was about 14 years old.
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The songs I've written that are the strongest, I'm like: 'I don't know where that came from. It just kind of popped out.' You feel you can't take a whole lot of credit for it. I didn't purposefully will it into existence.
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The men and women of my generation are heirs to that great collective success which has been admired worldwide and of which we are so proud. It is now up to us to pass it on to the coming generations.
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I think the key to a great romcom is to not fight against the genre. The trend more recently has been to apologise or be snarky, so it's an anti-romcom. Just lean in and embrace the fact it's a love story, and it's funny, and it's light. It can still be uber-smart and deal with zeitgeist issues.
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I told myself, 'I am teaching entrepreneurship, so I should be an entrepreneur myself.'
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I even lived on campus to get the college experience. I had five roommates and I still keep in touch with them while I'm on the road.
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You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knock it out of me.'
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I like the idea of growing old gracefully and full of wrinkles... like Audrey Hepburn.
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Insults are the business of the court.
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The Internet offers an interesting combination of advertising and community by participating in the community you can become an advertisement for yourself.
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I had always been feeling uncomfortable in my mind about giving advice to others and not acting upon it myself.
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God shapes the world by prayer. Prayers are deathless. They outlive the lives of those who uttered them.
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My main goal in life is to be happy. If I can make other people happy by doing what I love, then I feel like I've done everything in life that I've wanted. I just want to make people feel good and change people's lives with music, and that's it.
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If you don't know the right people or have the right connections, you may never be discovered. With 'Opening Act,' we are democratizing a notoriously impossible process, pulling back the curtains on a consistently fascinating industry, and affording aspiring artists the chance of a lifetime.
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The final ballots represent players, managers, executives and builders who are top-tier candidates and worthy of review for consideration for election to the Hall of Fame.
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The more you can be self-aware and honest about yourself, the more you can cultivate that in other people.
