Joe Gebbia Quotes
What I've realized is that the joy of meeting and greeting people from all around the world is universal.
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Fitness, defending, the mental stuff - those were all weaknesses of mine. And I turned those into strengths.
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If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
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Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches.
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Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they write.
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The impact of any particular writer on your own work is hard to discern.
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Elizabeth, Lady C, claims to be writing at the limits of language. Would it not be insulting to her if I were diligently to follow after her, explaining what she means but is not smart enough to say?
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You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.
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If you really want something, it's nerve-racking, but at the same time, I try not to stress myself out about it too much because there are also so many arbitrary things that go into being cast for something - you know, like the color of your eyes, all these things that are kind of out of my control.
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I call Washington 'the city of the perishable.'
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Negroes must be free in order to be equal, and they must be equal in order to be free... Men cannot win freedom unless they win equality. They cannot win equality unless they win freedom.
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In India, by and large, women are not educated enough to be bread winners and, within the moorings of traditional cultures, do not have the courage and the capacity to leave the matrimonial home. Given the inequality prevalent in family structures, the woman's right to opt out is suicidal.
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My songs are very personal, which means they are fantastically therapeutic to write, but performing them night after night is emotionally draining.
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But eventually it is a game of cricket.
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Boning is a pain, but it makes such a majestic chicken.
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All novels attempt to cut neural routes through the brain, to convince us that down this road the true future of the novel lies.
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Growing up, my mother was a very strong woman who was not very big, about 5'1'', but boy, you grabbed a tiger by the tail if you messed with her. I know grown men that messed with her, and through her wit and intelligence and her no-quit, she never lost a fight. That's very influential on me when I'm telling stories. I love exploring that.
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When incomes and bonuses decrease, revenues falter, and businesses stumble, it's more important than ever to give - not necessarily more, but in a way that matters more. When incomes are down and wallets are stretched, the effectiveness of our giving is what really counts.
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Men are every bit as gendered as women.
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Dogma? Faith? These are the right and left pillars of every soul-crushing theology. Theosophists have no dogmas, exact no blind faith.
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There is much made in the psychological literature of the effects of divorce on children, particularly as it comes to their own marriages, lo those many years later. We have always wondered why there is not more research done on the children of happy marriages. Our parents' love is not some grand passion, there are no swoons of lust, no ball gowns and tuxedos, but here is the truth: they have not spent a night apart since the day they married.How can we ever hope to find a love to live up to that?
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I hate to see a guy who insults a girl or is bad with her. Immediately I think she would be better if she was with me.
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It's enough to make a small shift within and a small action in the world. Collectively these have a huge effect.
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I would say I have taken substantive action to make things easier for people.
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What I've realized is that the joy of meeting and greeting people from all around the world is universal.
