Fred Wilson Quotes
Board meetings should not be for the benefit of the board. They should be for the benefit of the CEO and the senior team.
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Provision must be made for the extension of speedy and effective assistance when any African State is threatened with military aggression. We cannot rely solely on international morality.
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Where having been an actor was extremely helpful to me was in casting. That's where I think a director who has acted can really shine, and casting is the most important thing you do.
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But Roy Rockwood, it was science fiction for the sake of science fiction.
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I don't like the idea of spirituality done the way it's done. The only way I could understand it was through creativity, not by going to an Ashram, or finding a guru or joining a temple. I made work out of it.
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At the end of the day, I'd love to see children stop begging their parents to go to the circus. That's what would make me most happy.
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My father was military, so I traveled a lot, so I had 13 to 15 first days in new schools. Bullies transcend culture, unfortunately, and I had to deal with them wherever I went. I knew how to defend myself. But I didn't know how to fight.
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I'm a warrior for the middle class.
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I don't read novels, but my semiotics study influenced everything about the way I read and edit and write.
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I think being called a cat lady is a compliment. It means you have adopted a tiny little maniac into your life.
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I didn't have any problem bonding with Honey, but I was plagued with insecurities about my ability to bring up my baby.
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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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You can't be responsible for the way people respond to you. You're only responsible for yourself.
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Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.
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There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality.
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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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Real Texans want their kids to have the best education possible, not the one politicians looking to brag about budget cuts have left us with.
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In a small space, you want to keep the bedding as simple as possible so it looks clean, calm and collected.
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I imagine God to be like my father. My father was always the voice of certainty in my life. Certainty in the wisdom, certainty in the path, certainty always in God. For me God is certainty in everything. Certainty that everything is good and everything is God.
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It also signals to me, when I pick up a pencil, that this is a rough draft. This is not going anywhere, and no one's going to see it. You have permission to make all the mistakes you want. It signals freedom to me, and it signals mistakes.
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I gave up on the national team - I thought to myself, 'Well, that's just not something that's going to happen for me.' The national team was in residency camp; I was 6,000 miles away. Nobody was watching, nobody cared... I'm just going to go play for myself and my team and try to be great... and I had more fun than I'd have ever had.
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Sometimes we all work so hard to overcome various things, and we are very cruel as a society and tough on people who we think aren't trying hard enough.
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Punctuality is an essential trait of the teacher. It is a foundation, not an embellishment.
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Board meetings should not be for the benefit of the board. They should be for the benefit of the CEO and the senior team.
