Joe Gebbia Quotes
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The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.
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Nobody is making Americans buy Chinese goods.
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That's what everybody calls me, 'Cheat Code,' because they just throw the ball up to me.
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If the conditions were right there could be great acceptance. Often it is only when they pose an economic or political threat that it turns really ugly.
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I was making comebacks every single year. That makes it difficult mentally. It causes a lot of stress.
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Every generation comes with a unique athlete, I don't think anybody wants to be the next Nadia; they want to be themselves.
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I do constantly get to change the way I look, which is sort of an old-school idea of acting.
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As soon as street art got popular, I was just like, 'I'm out of here.'
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I'm no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords.
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I believe in helping young people rock causes they care about because I was one of those young people... a long time ago.
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I don't really go out at night in terms of noisy, busy places; I prefer more of a quiet corner somewhere.
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I've had to be tough my whole life.
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Don't use your advance to buy an antique sports car, diamonds by the yard, or a bottle of wine from Thomas Jefferson's cellar instead of investing in your book.
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I hate to tell you this, but there's an entire subset of people out there who think of me as quite a dull actor. And that's the word used, and often – dull.
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In our fast-forward culture, we have lost the art of eating well. Food is often little more than fuel to pour down the hatch while doing other stuff - surfing the Web, driving, walking along the street. Dining al desko is now the norm in many workplaces. All of this speed takes a toll. Obesity, eating disorders and poor nutrition are rife.
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Fear obscures reason, intensifies emotions, and makes it easier for demagogic politicians to mobilize the public on behalf of the policies they want to pursue.
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The reason that last-ditch political maneuvering has become business as usual in Washington is that the actors involved are drunk on blame and are convinced that the voting public is, too. They count on outrage, thereby spreading numbness. They cherish the prospect of partisan fury, thereby inspiring nonpartisan disgust.
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My dream job was to work in an ice cream shop. Two weeks and five pounds later, I realized it wasn't for me. For many years, I had planned to be a corporate lawyer. As luck would have it, other than a summer internship, I didn't end up doing that either.
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It's weird talking about projects as an actor because you're so in them. I would prefer to write a paper and deliver it to everyone via e-mail.
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Uber has to design for the global platform.
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I do read P.D. James because she pays much more attention to character, to a particular atmosphere or setting. But most mystery writers, I think, are controlled by the plot.
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He feared his maturity as it grew upon him with its ripe thought, its skill, its finished art; yet which lacked the poetry of boyhood to make living a full end of life.
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Agonies are one of my changes of garments.
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The fear of mistakes is the fast track to irrelevance.
