Brian Acton Quotes
WhatsApp provides phone-number-based messaging, and people asked, 'Isn't that what SMS is?' Yes, but SMS is expensive, antiquated, and what WhatsApp did was modernize and level that playing field. For example, in Europe, if France wants to talk to Belgium, it's extraordinary costly because of border and telecom charges.
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President Obama vowed in his State of the Union address to make assisting domestic manufacturers a top priority for his second term.
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Power is the by-product of understanding.
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Every little action creates an effect: We are all interconnected.
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The politics of the Cape Town Metro, which allows an executive Mayoral committee to make secret decisions which affect you, behind closed doors, is wrong!
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I started riding the whole 'fluffy' train, and it's a cute word and socially a lot more acceptable than someone saying is fat or obese. If you call a girl 'fat,' yo, she'll raise hell, but if you say, 'Aw girl, look at you, you're fluffy,' there's almost a sexy appeal to it.
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You can't tolerate anybody attempting to threaten or intimidate your body. You must respond with force.
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I've grown up playing for some incredible coaches, and I don't think anybody's ever been as fortunate as I have in terms of the people I've been allowed to play under, coach under, or be involved with.
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One could laugh at the world better if it didn't mix tender kindliness with its brutality.
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If I were to work with my mom, I probably would not want her to play my mom. That would get too real.
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In this business, it's important to constantly do things that you don't know how to do. I love touring and making records, but I've learned how to do that, so sometimes you just have to dive in and try it.
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I've always had a passion for music, but I never saw me as a musician for a living. I never thought that I could make a living. It never dawned on me.
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I was always quite good with accents - I always had quite a good ear - so from the age of about 13, I used to do a lot of voiceover and dubbing for foreign films.
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In a sense I portray myself in a very androgynous way, and I love androgyny.
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My youngest sister belonged to a group called the Twelve Tribes for many years. She recently left, with her husband and four children. Talking to her about her experiences in the group is fascinating, moving, and enlightening.
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All action results from thought, so it is thoughts that matter.
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I have a very musical family from my Scottish roots.
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Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive. This facility makes it the most versatile and explicit means of communication yet devised for quick mass appreciation.
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I found a red Oscar de la Renta raincoat, and it's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.
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'Twin Peaks' is my favorite show of all time.
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I just feel really fortunate to build a career as a writer.
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Look at where Jesus went to pick people. He didn't go to the colleges; he got guys off the fishing docks.
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WhatsApp provides phone-number-based messaging, and people asked, 'Isn't that what SMS is?' Yes, but SMS is expensive, antiquated, and what WhatsApp did was modernize and level that playing field. For example, in Europe, if France wants to talk to Belgium, it's extraordinary costly because of border and telecom charges.
