Mary Meeker Quotes
I grew up in a small town in northeastern Indiana. I had an all-American childhood. And I grew up as an optimist.

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Underwriting is probably the smallest part of our business.
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I idolised bands like Pearl Jam and Smashing Pumpkins, who wanted to reach as many people as they could.
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Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse. One comfort we have - Cincinnati sounds worse.
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Truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.
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I now believe that major labels can only work with people who care more about fame and money than the quality of the art they produce.
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Grilling is an easy tradition to start at any age! To get started, one only needs a modest investment in equipment and a little bit of outdoor space.
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What I'd like to pass on to my children is the thirst for knowledge. It's something I experience every day that I learned from my father. He always taught me that no matter how long you've done something, you can always learn something new and be better at what you do.
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I've never been that comfortable talking about myself or about acting.
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In U.S. sports, you tend to be pretty strictly limited by the size of your team's market. When we heard that Villa was a club here that might be available, I had a strong feeling that a team in the West Midlands could be the chance to create something very special.
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Lets be clear, Dolly Parton is a rapper. Somewhere before all the country, I don't know what happens up there in the mountains when you're growing up, but she has been spitting rhymes for a very long time - 50 years I'd say.
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If you look at any other group of people suffering injustice, women are always in the worst situation within that group.
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All too often, the pitchmen are selling the notion that if you gain 'control' over your financial destiny - pick your own stocks and execute your own trades - it will be the first step on a short road to riches.
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I really, really love Daniel Craig as Bond.
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There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch.
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I think that music and visual arts can complement themselves nicely. They do different things - the music forces you into a different mood and perspective whilst the visual stuff can engage you in a more direct cognitive manner.
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'Bruce Lee' didn't work, and there were apprehensions about what the fans might say. People might have commented that Charan could have waited for some time before selecting me again. But that's what makes it a real achievement to me. People want to work with me because of the comfort level; nobody would work with you again otherwise.
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'Twilight's got some avid - and rabid - fans.
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Democracies can't handle austerity measures very well.
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If anyone was going to write the definitive account of what the 2008 election meant for women, it would be Rebecca Traister.
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I really want to do a film in another language. My dad's from Germany, so it'd be really cool to do a film in German. I'm not quite fluent, but I can get there. And my accent's pretty good. I wouldn't feel too out of my element.
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That's what's inspiring to me - finding someplace where people haven't already seen themselves in a certain light.
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I had the idea that I should beat up every player I tangled with and nothing ever convinced me it wasn't a good idea.
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I never doubted at all. If you ever doubt then you are in trouble. I never thought: 'I should do this or that in case I don't make it.' I never had a back-up plan.
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I grew up in a small town in northeastern Indiana. I had an all-American childhood. And I grew up as an optimist.