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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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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When I portrayed Shiridi Sai, I changed as a person.
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Paul Lucas had a particularly amusing accent, so I chuckled. That was terrible; I shouldn't have done that, but he took it too big. He got up and said he couldn't work with people who laughed at him!
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With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.
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But keep the wolf far thence, that's foe to men,For with his nails he'll dig them up again.
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Any film that you see that has any progressive spirits that is made by any people of color or a woman is a triumph in and of itself. Whether you agree with it or not. Something that comes with some point of view and some personal perspective from a woman or a person of color is a unicorn.
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The more you can be self-aware and honest about yourself, the more you can cultivate that in other people.
