Jeffrey Zeldman Quotes
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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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I'm cranky.
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I don't think I'm really open to having Washington change me.
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I've written many extra verses to songs that I learned to sing - an extra verse about a friend, or just add some verse - and that led to writing my own songs.
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I clearly understood the concept of wise use before I ever heard the actual words, for my father wouldn't allow us to waste anything.
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I hate being asked how I met my husband and very personal questions like that. I don't like that. People are too nosey. Intelligent questions I like, but sometimes people ask such silly, dopey ones.
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It seems like WikiLeaks has better information on Hillary Clinton than she does herself.
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I am a bit prudish, I think. It's hard for me to write about sex, and I don't really care to read about it, either.
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Men enter local politics solely as a result of being unhappily married.
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I don't know of any other creature on earth other than man that will sit in a corner and cry because of some painful experience in the past.
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I don't know, the word 'famous' just sounds really weird to me, because I'm just me.
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You have to love your body, respect it, and treat it well.
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Years ago, I carved out an identity, and it has always been about having a voice to tell people about stuff I love.
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I realized that equipment really had little to do with why I sound like the way I sound.
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For Gore 2000, I was a formal campaign adviser: contrary to RNC mythology, my brief was not 'wardrobe,' but rather policy on women's issues, and messaging. I was also married to a Clinton speechwriter, and observed the message decision-making process from the perspective of a spouse.
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As much as possible, I try to encourage people to use stunt men because that is really their job.
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Playing in Wembley Stadium in front of 83-some-thousand fans to win a gold medal was unreal.
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It's difficult to believe that Al Gore was oblivious to the existing laws. He has to respond at some point.
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On land, you can walk away from people, from unpleasant situations. But when you're on a ship for 14 months with 49 other people, if you don't resolve your issues it literally could mean - and this would be an extreme circumstance - the sinking of the ship. You learn a lot about other people. You learn a lot about yourself.
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People have given me classified information, but always with the disclaimer 'This can never end up in a book.' And it never does.
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In any business that grows big on one business model, transitions can throw everything in the air.
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As users flock to Vine, Snapchat and, previously, Instagram, the social platforms are challenged to continue to be the primary provider of these services to the growing army of smartphone users.
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Business owners should think of designers as architects, not decorators.
