Jason Fried Quotes
I believe if you start a business with the intent of making it huge, you're already prioritizing the wrong thing. Size is important, but it's a byproduct of a whole bunch of other things that are worth way more of your mental energy - customers, service, quality.
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Drink lots of water and stay hydrated.
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Every generation comes with a unique athlete, I don't think anybody wants to be the next Nadia; they want to be themselves.
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I am not a name-dropper. I can't help it if everybody I know is famous.
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People have become shallower. They view spending, entertaining, seeking leisure and enjoying as the main objectives of their life.
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That's a beautiful thing. The more successful you are, the more people are going to come and be a part of music.
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It simply isn't acceptable for the likes of Google, Facebook, Amazon and others, which amass data by the terabyte, to say, 'Don't worry, your information's safe with us, as all sorts of rules protect you' - when all evidence suggests otherwise.
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My generation of the Sixties, with all our great ideals, destroyed liberalism, because of our excesses.
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Skateboarding was the only thing I was ever good at. Growing up, I was doing that from, like, dusk till dawn.
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Outside of dumb luck, the number one way serial killers are caught is through the help of the public.
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A lot of the music I write is about love. Sometimes I won't understand how I am feeling until I write a song about it.
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I guess that I'm primarily thought of as a rocker, largely because of 'Frankenstein' being such a heavy song - you know, it was really hard rock, almost a precursor of heavy metal and just the image of the synthesizer. I happened to be the first guy to get the idea of putting a strap on the keyboard.
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Hi, I'm Nadine Velazquez, and my green tip is: recycle.
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I had great stats in my career, you know, but really, you want to win.
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I loved singing rock-and-roll, jazz, anything on radio, anything commercial. I was able to do anything, but I didn't know what direction to go in.
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A lot of my friends are club people. It's not me. It's funny to represent that, because it's not me. I don't fit into a gay club setting. It's just ironic that I represent that somehow.
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War is the continuation of politics by other means.
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It's better to be skinny than to be fat.
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Death is the beginning of something.
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Repentance may be old-fashioned, but it is not outdated so long as there is sin.
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Those who look for contradictions will be amply satisfied. The profession of a performer is full of paradoxes, and he has to learn to live with them. He has to forget himself and control himself; he has to observe the composer's wishes to the letter and create the music on the spot; he has to be part of the music market and yet retain his integrity.
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If I start outsourcing all my navigation to a little talking box in my car, I'm sort of screwed. I'm going to lose my car in the parking lot every single time.
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The American Dream I believe in is one that provides anyone willing to work hard enough with the opportunity to succeed.
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This will help us next year with the World Cup. I can imagine a lot of visitors from abroad will be here and asking what happened between 1933 and 1945. A lot of that will come up. I think this will make an important contribution to those discussions.
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I believe if you start a business with the intent of making it huge, you're already prioritizing the wrong thing. Size is important, but it's a byproduct of a whole bunch of other things that are worth way more of your mental energy - customers, service, quality.
