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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Politics is a people business. I like people.
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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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My brother was very important to me. And he played guitar. So that's what I wanted to be. I wanted to be a guitar player. So he was the first one to inspire me to do something with my life. And I was so glad that he was there.
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God plants His saints in the most useless places. We say, 'God intends me to be here because I am so useful.' Jesus never estimated His life along the line of the greatest use. God puts His saints where they will glorify Him, and we are no judge at all of where that is.
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You don't throw your life away Going Inside You get to know who's watching you And besides you resides in your body
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Nothing is more important than empathy for another human being's suffering. Nothing. Not a career, not wealth, not intelligence, certainly not status. We have to feel for one another if we're going to survive with dignity.
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Some believe the answer to addressing climate change lies in technology incentives. Others say limiting emissions is the only answer. We need both.
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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.
