Jimmy Iovine Quotes
My father was incredible: a longshoreman; my mother was a secretary. Very 'go to work' people. That's how I saw things.
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The thing about Y Combinator that's cool is that most companies won't happen if we don't fund them.
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The first thing I saw was that Brett Rogers had his way very quickly - in 20 seconds - with a UFC champion, Andrei Arlovski.
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I don't care much about hardware. Nintendo games are some of the best games in the world, and from a more graphical standpoint, the Wii can't do what a PS3 or 360 can do.
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I walk around talking to myself in accents. Usually people look at me like I'm a complete fruit loop.
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On the night of the winter solstice, when the dead get their annual reprieve, they go up to the 24-hour donut shop and wedding chapel to get hitched. Marriage is a good and proper pursuit for dead people. For a while, it relieves the dark, shuddering loneliness of the afterlife.
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If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death.
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Some people are used to having things done for them by her parents, I am not. I can do it myself.
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I hope Obama gets scary in the next four years, 'cuz he ain't gotta worry about getting re-elected.
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What's surprised me most about the demands of blogging - the relentlessness of it. 24-hour news cycle, every media imaginable right here in New York, totally fair game.
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I suppose I shouldn't go around admitting I speak untruths on the radio.
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Badly constructed houses do for the healthy what badly constructed hospitals do for the sick. Once insure that the air in a house is stagnant, and sickness is certain to follow.
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The death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world.
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There are wonderful restaurants in London. I love Indian food and I like Arab food, and I go very often to the Arab restaurant Noura.
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Anytime I'm involved with anything that's well-received, it's a surprise to me.
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It's always cool to go to different places and see what's really out there in the world.
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Way back when I was a junior pastry chef, I'd bake loads of muffins every morning, as many as 120 or so, while operating on autopilot.
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The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.
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Despite overwhelming support for the United States to adopt English as its official language, we have still not taken that important step.
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In rough times, pathfinders rely on work, friends, humor and prayer. They develop a support network.
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I'm not on a mission. I'm not a paragon of health for anybody. I'm not going to run a marathon or model for 'Men's Health' or go on bike rides with Lance Armstrong. I'm not. Trust me.
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You should always look for opportunities to test innovations on a subset of users if you can.
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“Scratch me and you will find the Nonconformist.”
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My father was incredible: a longshoreman; my mother was a secretary. Very 'go to work' people. That's how I saw things.
