Masayoshi Son Quotes
I said from the very beginning, 'Yahoo should position itself as a technology innovation company, not as a media company.'
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The Romantics were whipping boys of the New Criticism, but they appealed to me anyway. I was recalcitrant. It was clear to me that they had thought innovatively.
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How lucky are we to have Naomi Watts and Sean Penn playing us? We've seen the final cut now a couple times, and the scenes with the marriage fraying at the edges are still very difficult to watch. However, our hope was that no matter your political persuasion, you're taken with the idea that it's important to hold power in check.
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I believe in peace. I believe in mercy.
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There is nothing in my work that can be taken as blasphemy.
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I don't like baseball movies. I like movies about moral courage and people who are indomitable and courageous and right.
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I have no privacy anymore.
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I was poor. When you're poor you work, and when you're rich you expect somebody to hand it to you. So I think being reasonably poor is very good for people.
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So if I get these actors for 30% of their price by coming in so late with an offer when they know they are not getting another offer then I do it this way.
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To me, a cat is an easy pet, they don't need any spoiling or looking after.
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I just love scary movies. I love the thrill.
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When I started as a child actor, my father didn't tell me anything.
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After the Egyptian and Indian, the Greek and Roman, the Teuton and Mongolian, the Negro is a sort of seventh son, born with a veil, and gifted with second-sight in this American world, - a world which yields him no self-consciousness, but only lets him see himself through the revelation of the other world.
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Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than the one with all the facts.
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I don't expect anybody to know who I am.
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The characteristics of an authentically empowered personality are humbleness, clarity, forgiveness and love.
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Writers, you know, are the beggars of Western society.
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You can get beat any day.
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My parents wanted to light my artistic candle. But over time, the definition of 'the arts' began to stretch. And as I got older, they suddenly realized, Oh, my God, we're the parents of Iggy Pop.
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I think it is important to begin with a statement in your speech that grabs the attention of the audience. I try to make my opening line 15 words or less.
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Narrow banks could restart effective intermediation and ensure that consumers and employment-creating small and medium-size enterprises are adequately financed and can contribute to the reactivation of the economy.
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I can't say that there's been some big change during my career where all of a sudden everything's totally colorblind.
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If I ruled supreme, there would be big problems.
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I've been blessed from the very beginning with the large gay audience, and I'm flattered. They always have the best taste anyways and are at the forefront of fashion, music, and style. So I'm really happy about that and very flattered. It's a good following to have because it means you're doing something right.
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I said from the very beginning, 'Yahoo should position itself as a technology innovation company, not as a media company.'
