Masayoshi Son Quotes
A person's life is over in 50, 100 years. But a company lives on through the people it is composed of, and SoftBank group has to survive even after I'm gone.
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There aren't traditions of freedom in a place like Iraq. They're going to have to come to grips with a concept that they hadn't been allowed to conceive before.
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You should only have so many accessories. You have to make sure you have the right ones at the right time.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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There are so many female roles - particularly for young women - that are just somebody's girlfriend or somebody's daughter, or that are accessories to the main story rather than being three-dimensional characters.
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I never underestimate my opponent, but I never underestimate my talents.
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The good poet sticks to his real loves, those within the realm of possibility. He never tries to hold hands with God or the human race.
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I am a great believer that a captain is as good as his team.
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Hack fiction exploits curiosity without really satisfying it or making connections between it and anything else in the world.
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He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
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Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to problem solve in an uncertain environment.
Garry Kasparov -
Ain't no place like New Orleans. It's one of kind.
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A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past.
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I think I owe it to myself to put my best effort forward and prove how good I can be.
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Designer clothes worn by children are like snowsuits worn by adults. Few can carry it off successfully.
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I don't want to rap forever. But I want to be rich forever.
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A lot of the time, people think I'm really dumb or really uncomfortable talking to them, which is kind of a real thing.
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Sometimes, I sit down to sketch at the unearthly hour of 3 in the morning!
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I'm not sure if it's good to have freedom or not. I'm really confused now.
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My mother was a businesswoman; my grandmother was a businesswoman - it never occurred to me that life might be harder because you're a woman. It wasn't until later and I had a bigger sense of the world that I realised that.
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A lot of jazz artists think people should like what they're doing just because it's jazz. I don't buy that.
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Watch the walls come down, whether it's in the South or on Wall Street. When the walls come down, what do we find? More markets, more talent, more capital and growth. Which means that the race and sex discrimination stunt economic growth. It's not good for capitalism. It's not good for America's growth. And it's not morally right.
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You have to have a dream, whether big or small. Then plan, focus, work hard and be very determined to achieve your goals.
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A person's life is over in 50, 100 years. But a company lives on through the people it is composed of, and SoftBank group has to survive even after I'm gone.
