Brad Stone Quotes
Amazon may be the most beguiling company that ever existed, and it is just getting started. It is both missionary and mercenary... That has always been a potent combination.
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I feel like my story would've been different had I had a chance to play with Bron when I was 18. I've thought about it countless times.
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After six years without seeing one, I love just seeing a smile - every smile I see gives me hope.
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When you are honest and open with young people, they let you in.
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I always carry lip balm and lipstick. Lipstick is a very important beauty product because I find that lips are the most beautiful feature of anyone's face.
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Let's all understand that these guiding principles cannot be discarded for short-term political gains. They represent what this country is all about. They are indigenous to the American idea. And these are principles which are not negotiable.
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When I was writing pretty poor poetry, this girl with midnight black hair told me to go on.
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If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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I always wanted Han Solo's confidence and swagger. My personality is way more C-3PO, but Han was always who I wanted to be.
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I feel like God gave me the ability to play a game. I try to take it very seriously. I realize it's just a game.
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I'm sure my father had more to do with my career than I would like to give him credit for. I would love to think it was all me!
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Women view men like houses. They look for fixer-uppers.
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Kitchens are so important. They're the heart of everything.
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A doctor is not a mechanic. A car doesn't react with a mechanic, but a human being does.
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American business at this point is really about developing an idea, making it profitable, selling it while it's profitable and then getting out or diversifying. It's just about sucking everything up.
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Love is like the measles. The older you get it, the worse the attack.
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Writing is a very intimate thing, especially when you write lyrics and sing them in front of someone for the first time. It's like a really embarrassing situation. To me, singing is almost like crying, and you have to really know someone before you can start crying in front of them.
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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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I think every major character I've played was originally for an older woman. I have no idea what that says. I guess I'm mature for my age.
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The impetus for 'The Sisters Brothers' was it occurred to me that there was no neurosis in westerns, or there's a minimal amount of it.
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p. 162-3 ; as cited in Albert Lepawsky (1949), Administration, p. 15-16
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In environments that are energy-rich but liquid-poor, like near the surface of Titan, natural selection may favor organisms that use their metabolic heat to melt their own watering holes.
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When we are baptized and confirmed, the promised blessing is that we may always have the Holy Ghost to be with us. If you are consistently good, you will have the companionship of the Holy Ghost much of the time.
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Amazon may be the most beguiling company that ever existed, and it is just getting started. It is both missionary and mercenary... That has always been a potent combination.
