Blake Mycoskie Quotes
When you incorporate giving into your business, you attract the most amazing partners.
Quotes to Explore
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Most of the people nowadays send their things by internet. But I cannot work that way. I like to do it myself.
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I will never support any tax increase on middle-income earners, ever... If you're not going to eliminate loopholes and exemptions, then I wouldn't support lowering rates.
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'The Old Social Classes and the Revolutionary Movement in Iraq,' by Hanna Batatu. Few may wish to take on this massive, obscure work, but it changed my life, and I love it.
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Not one role that I've played has been written specifically for me.
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What is Oracle? A bunch of people. And all of our products were just ideas in the heads of those people - ideas that people typed into a computer, tested, and that turned out to be the best idea for a database or for a programming language.
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I like 'Sponge Bob' and 'The Last Airbender.' I like shows where people get creative to do the impossible.
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Item numbers are not my cup of tea.
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Your belief system saturates the space around you.
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The only thing I regret in life is that I didn't practice basketball more.
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Anyone who knows me well will tell you that arrogance is one of my flaws.
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I've had money thrown onstage, dollars, couple of five-dollar bills. I took the money, but it wasn't much.
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I do think that the audience thinks it's funny when you break, but if you do it all the time, it loses something.
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Criminals are never very amusing. It's because they're failures. Those who make real money aren't counted as criminals. This is a class distinction, not an ethical problem.
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I've always seen the world through the eyes of a scientist. I love the predictable outcomes that science gives us, the control over the world that that can render.
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In India, kids need someone to look up to. They've got it in cricket: they have Tendulkar and others.
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If I only had a little humility, I would be perfect.
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Ideas come through us, not from us.
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I find it frustrating when people wear belts with braces. That's an interesting one.
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I love books so much. I've read more books than anyone else I know.
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I always loved music and was drawn to it and affected by it. But it wasn't until I got to San Diego that I started exploring music more.
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Stacey Napp understands the ugly side of divorce - which is often the side that involves money. In fact, she understands it so well that in 2008 she started a business, Balance Point Divorce Funding, which invests in divorce and probate litigation, helping clients cover costs in exchange for a share of the winnings.
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When we first started doing bridal, I found the bridal business very archaic; it was very removed from general fashion.
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I think up until the point when we started in the business, which was in the early '70s, most of the humor was political. The smart humor was political satire.
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When you incorporate giving into your business, you attract the most amazing partners.
