Jerry Yang Quotes
I am excited to join the Workday Board at an exciting time in the company's growth and look forward to leveraging my past experience as a technologist and entrepreneur to provide advice as they continue to look at new areas of growth.
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We have groups that do that, but I can't rap with the mentality of an 18 year old when I'm in my 30's.
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I am a story-teller, and I look to academic research... for ways of augmenting story-telling.
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I definitely try to eat a healthy diet, but I am the first person to say I love unhealthy food. I would never tell you I don't. I love fried chicken or mac and cheese. Do I order them all the time when I'm out at restaurants? No, though I do have one splurge meal a week.
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First of all, I'm so glad that the city of Houston has a football team again. They have such great fans. I'm really happy for the people of Houston because they deserve a football team.
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For me, my writing benefits from my experience.
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I always wanted to act. I guess I've always been a bit of a drama queen.
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An actor has to embody a role.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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I'm a physical comedian first - and I'm a woman before that.
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Sarcasm helps me overcome the harshness of the reality we live, eases the pain of scars and makes people smile.
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Since I became Secretary-General, five years ago, I have seen youth participate at the United Nations as never before.
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Men fall in love with their eyes - they like what they see - and women fall in love with their ears - they like what they hear!
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I mean, if you're proud of what you've done when you've served in the military, well then we call that bragging. And if you are unhappy about what happened, we call that complaining. And so what are you going to do?
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The third-down sacks are critical ones, 'cause that's getting off the field.
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I think you can do science fiction, but you have to ground it in some realism. People need to identify with the characters, with their plights and their issues.
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The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.
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When Pixar calls and says, 'Hey, you wanna be in a Pixar movie?' you don't do a lot of contemplating!
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Radio news is bearable. This is due to the fact that while the news is being broadcast, the disk jockey is not allowed to talk.
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All I ever wanted to do was bit parts on Broadway. I have more than achieved any goal that I aspired to.
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Some of our important choices have a time line. If we delay a decision, the opportunity is gone forever. Sometimes our doubts keep us from making a choice that involves change. Thus an opportunity may be missed.
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Music, even if I ended up doing something different or do end up doing something different in the long run, it's just something that is life blood. If I'm not participating in some way, I feel like I'm wasting my time.
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The best way to look at any business is from the standpoint of the clients.
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For all the popularity of spiritual advisers in South Korea, it still shocks to see the leaders of huge public companies relying on fortune-tellers. A shaman may advise a struggling executive to move a building's front entrance, tapping the widespread pungsu belief that your luck depends on the direction of your house.
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I am excited to join the Workday Board at an exciting time in the company's growth and look forward to leveraging my past experience as a technologist and entrepreneur to provide advice as they continue to look at new areas of growth.
