Mary Meeker Quotes
I love data. I think it's very important to get it right, and I think it's good to question it.
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I'm very self-critical.
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When you sing gospel you have a feeling there is a cure for what's wrong.
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I was initially very interested in public policy, but then after my masters at Harvard, I felt that it was important to get a better handle on the economics of it as well. I did my Ph.D. in macroeconomics, and my thesis - 'Why Is It That Some Countries Save And Others Not?' - was on savings.
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The spring wakes us, nurtures us and revitalizes us. How often does your spring come? If you are a prisoner of the calendar, it comes once a year. If you are creating authentic power, it comes frequently, or very frequently.
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Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you're confident even when you're not.
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Some campaigns are not worth waging if you can't win; others have to be fought on grounds of principle regardless of the chances for success.
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Satan, the leader or dictator of devils, is the opposite, not of God, but of Michael.
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I have yet to see a drama that puts forward women who are successful and also have a family... they are nearly always seen as victims.
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I have nothing against priests. In fact, I tried for a time to be one... It should be clear, then, that I respect, and am often fond of, the many priests in my life.
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In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina.
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I would wear entirely one color: tutus, furry pants. It was totally outrageous. My family was deeply embarrassed to be seen with me.
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Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
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Where do you get lumpy tiles? Well, of course, you don't. But I get a lot of toilets, and so you just dispatch a toilet with a hammer, and then you have lumpy tiles.
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I've always thought John Travolta is one of the greatest movie stars Hollywood has ever produced.
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You should have high expectations for yourself and others should come second.
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Americans call them hillbillies, rednecks, or white trash. I call them neighbors, friends, and family.
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My dad showed me loads of films when I was young, but I never thought I would be in movies. That didn't seem like a real job to me.
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Movies don't look hard, but figuring it out, getting the shape of it, getting everybody's character right and having it be funny, make sense and be romantic, it's creating a puzzle. Yes, having been a writer for so long, I have an awareness of when things are going awry, but it doesn't mean I know how to fix them.
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Reveal not every secret you have to a friend, for how can you tell but that friend may hereafter become and enemy. And bring not all mischief you are able to upon an enemy, for he may one day become your friend.
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I really feel like I've nailed songwriting. It's my specialty; it's what I'm good at.
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Beyond monetary policy, fiscal policy has traditionally played an important role in dealing with severe economic downturns.
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I do weight training and follow strict diet. It is very important to look a certain way. I don't think being extra skinny and thin is desirable, but you have to be fit.
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Once upon a time, a historian told me that the most important choice a new historian could make was of his or her specialist subject. Most of the good stuff was far too overcrowded, so you had to pick about in the exotic and extinct. His recommendations were the Picts or the Minoans, because hardly anything was known about them and you could spend a happy lifetime of speculation.
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I love data. I think it's very important to get it right, and I think it's good to question it.
