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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In 1960, John F. Kennedy rode a superior televised debate performance to victory over Richard Nixon.
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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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I wouldn't know any other way to live except to be an artist. I'm not very good at anything else.
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I probably get strangers coming up to me two or three times a week to just say something nice. I get more than my share of compliments as I walk through my daily life. I'm not having to show off or make a point about how good I am at doing something. I think I've always kind of been that way.
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I always try to be alert to the potential for repetition, for a decaying orbit with regard to my use of technique, etc.
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Just because you came here in 1880, 1950, whenever, you became an American. You get to celebrate July 4th like every other American. You don't just get the good part. You get the bad part, too. You get all of it.
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I feel that being comfortable - being yourself - when you walk into an audition room is a really important thing. I think being able to own every aspect of your life is only going to make you be more comfortable in front of a table of people you don't know.
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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.
