Jaan Tallinn Quotes
I myself am also a small investor in Slack, and one can count four to five IM platforms that were launched by Skype alumni alone.
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I won't allow myself to have tremendous fear.
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I believe in growth - in myself and in the characters I create.
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Every now and then I read a poem that does touch something in me, but I never turn to poetry for solace or pleasure in the way that I throw myself into prose.
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I've got nothing very original to say myself.
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I second-guess myself all the time. I make a decision and then wonder if I made the wrong choice.
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I don't take on big things. What I do, pretty much, is make the big things small and the small things big.
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I'm always trying to do the impossible to please people. It comes from not being secure in myself and not looking at the things within I have to fix. Sometimes you keep going because you don't want to face the truth.
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My dream as an actor growing up was always to challenge myself to different genres, different roles, and it's actually rare that an actor's given that opportunity to do that.
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I have a very small public.
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I've kept a journal since I was 15. And I feel like it's been crucial to who I've become and trying to maintain stuff, a sense of who I am just for myself and not for other people.
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Don't ever forget that a small group of thoughtful people can change the world, it's the only thing that ever has.
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I get 0.5 seconds to react to a ball, sometimes even less than that. I can't be thinking of what XYZ has said about me. I need to surrender myself to my natural instincts. My subconscious mind knows exactly what to do. It is trained to react. At home, my family doesn't discuss media coverage.
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I have the feeling of being a very small item on this planet, and literature enables me to express that.
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Photography, alone of the arts, seems perfected to serve the desire humans have for a moment - this very moment - to stay.
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What Alexander Graham Bell thought up occupied less space than a flower vase. Now it's so small that I have to search all my pockets to discover I've received a spam text.
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I see myself not only as a football player, but an entertainer and icon.
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I never reflect or convey that which I have not experienced myself.
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We think too small, like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.
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Of course, giving is deeply emotional. But supplementing emotion with research makes it more likely that a gift can have a bigger impact. It's like any investment. After all, you wouldn't put funds into stocks or bonds without understanding the potential return. Why wouldn't you do the same when investing in society?
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I very rarely wear suits, and only make one or two per season, so it's about wanting exceptional clothes that don't feel stiff. Fabric and garment washing are a big part of my design process for that reason. Everything needs to feel lived-in and comfortable.
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I don't like giving speeches - I enjoy sitting on my rump.
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You have to make a space in your heart, in your mind and in your life itself for authentic human connection.
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It's true that many of the best-known composers were German or Austrian, but we should remember how good the music tradition is in Britain, too, because it has an informality and a fluidity that should really be celebrated.
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I myself am also a small investor in Slack, and one can count four to five IM platforms that were launched by Skype alumni alone.
