Matt Mullenweg Quotes
I do my best stuff midmorning and superlate at night, from 1 to 5 in the morning. Some people don't need sleep. I actually do need sleep. I just sleep all the time. I'll catch naps in the afternoon, or I'll take a 20-minute snooze in the office - just all the time. Our business is 24 hours. Our guys in Europe come online at midnight.
Quotes to Explore
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The billable hours is a classic case of restricted autonomy. I mean, you're working on - I mean, sometimes on these six-minute increments. So you're not focused on doing a good job. You're focused on hitting your numbers. It's one reason why lawyers typically are so unhappy. And I want a world of happy lawyers.
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The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it.
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Life does not owe me a shred.
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Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.
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You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks.
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I was always very determined and ambitious, and I knew I would do something that would let me travel and stuff, but I didn't know really know what I would do to get there.
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In 1980, shortly before my 11th birthday, I wrote my first essay in English.
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I love speaking at schools. That's always my favorite because I wish I'd had someone who was like me come speak at my school.
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People do not lack strength; they lack will.
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I grew up in a hippie commune so I have a real hippie part of me.
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I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.
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Before 2000, we were unable to design a single car; all the cars were designed in Japan, Europe or somewhere else. We were just converting.
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I mean, don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who can afford to live in the past?
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Sometimes I still go round the house making weird noises and stuff, so in that aspect, I haven't grown up!
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When I saw rappers in the '90s cameo in films - all of those '90s rappers - it seemed like whenever you chucked a rapper in a film, they could just act. It seemed like all rappers could act.
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My mom is a therapist, and my dad has a doctorate in psychology, and growing up, I felt 'very understood.'
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When I record something, I'll take a drive and just listen.
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'The Road' is about that fear that all parents can have - 'What's going to happen to your child if you're not around?'
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I think my blog is fairly circumspect and elliptical. I've written personal essays, but they are short and to the point: in and out, and that's that.
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For me, rockabilly is very, very exciting music. It's electric and kind of wild, you know? It's 'make your hairs stand up on the back of your neck' kind of music.
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To not run a venture into the ground, entrepreneurs need to learn what it takes to succeed.
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I never in a million years thought that my life would unfold the way it has.
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I do my best stuff midmorning and superlate at night, from 1 to 5 in the morning. Some people don't need sleep. I actually do need sleep. I just sleep all the time. I'll catch naps in the afternoon, or I'll take a 20-minute snooze in the office - just all the time. Our business is 24 hours. Our guys in Europe come online at midnight.
