Mary Meeker Quotes
I've made my best personal investments when I've been a user of the product. Like Apple. The epiphany for me came when I purchased my fifth iPod and I hadn't unwrapped my fourth. It was still in the plastic case.
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People think I look odd onstage. But the way I deal with being incredibly nervous is by concentrating really hard.
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I always love the quirky stuff, which is why I love 'Childrens Hospital.' That really pushes the envelope of comedy.
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We don't need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government.
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Prop 8 did something that no other state in the history of this country has done. It took away the rights of people that already were legally affirmed. Imagine someone putting something on the ballot saying your wedding, your marriage is no longer valid.
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Every training session, I try to simulate the conditions similar to where I am racing.
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The person who figures out how to harness the collective genius of his or her organization is going to blow the competition away.
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I am not interested in slice of life, what I want is a slice of the imagination.
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Americans are generally decent and fair people with a commitment to sense, but some of us, swept up by our passions, wade too far into a sea of sensibility.
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I am upset and completely disappointed in the government, the millionaires and billionaires in the U.S. See what's happening to the country? Look at all the health problems, the economy, the recession and crime.
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There is an infinite difference between a little wrong and just right, between fairly good and the best, between mediocrity and superiority.
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I wanted to write a food book, but I'm not a chef or an expert on culinary matters, to put it mildly.
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About 20 percent of the genetic information in your nose doesn't match anything that we've ever seen before.
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Fame is very agreeable, but the bad thing is that it goes on 24 hours a day.
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The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too much respect for music they should be taught to love it instead.
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I grew up in a home where reading was a big deal.
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My big downfall is deep-dish pizza from Chicago. That is why I can't go vegan - I can't give up cheese. I can't give up dairy.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger cut teacher's salaries and parks and libraries rather than raise taxes for the many California millionaires and billionaires.
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When I started acting almost 50 years ago, it wasn't about fame. It was about acting.
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The least consideration of any film I've ever worked on is who is right for it.
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Eighty percent of Americans with HIV do not know they are infected.
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When I see images of a girl who is obviously far too thin, I am just as shocked as anyone else.
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If you don't know where you're going, you'll wind up somewhere else. Not all those who wander are lost.
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You have venture capitalists. We view them as experts who also help finance your company and give directions and also some pretty candid discussions about what you have to do better.
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I've made my best personal investments when I've been a user of the product. Like Apple. The epiphany for me came when I purchased my fifth iPod and I hadn't unwrapped my fourth. It was still in the plastic case.
