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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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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Working with Sturges was like working with a guy who wanted to have a party all the time. He was very serious about his work, but in between shots, he was fun and we would play games.
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I was lucky to have amazing mentors like Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson.
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AI is much more advanced than people realize. ... Humanity's position on this planet depends on its intelligence so if our intelligence is exceeded, it's unlikely that we will remain in charge of the planet.
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Friend, there's no greater investment in life than in being a people builder. Relationships are more important than our accomplishments.
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When the period arrives - come when it may - that this government will be compelled to resort to internal taxes for its support in time of peace, it will mark one of the most difficult and dangerous stages through which it is destined to pass.
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Grace is not looking for good men whom it may approve, for it is not grace but mere justice to approve goodness. [Rather] it is looking for condemned, guilty, speechless and helpless men whom it may save, sanctify and glorify.
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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.
