Joe Lonsdale Quotes
I have seen a lot of now-great companies at their earliest stages, and these early-stage startups are not built by the senior people who know how to run and scale big-company machines.Joe Lonsdale
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One thing I hear a lot is, 'Dude, my mom loves your record,' or 'I got it for my dad for Christmas.' I'm essentially doing dad rock. Which is great, because I love Steely Dan, you know? Nothing wrong with dad rock!
Mac DeMarco -
When you are truly interested in other people, you will learn what they are interested in and if they have a need for your product. If they like you, and most people like folks who take an interest in them, they'll help you find people who do need what you have to sell, even if they don't.
Zig Ziglar -
Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
Abraham Lincoln -
We know that the elements in play in a show like 'Confederate' are much more raw, much more real, and people come into them much more sensitive and more invested, than they do with a story about a place called 'Westeros,' which none of them had ever heard of before they read the books or watched the show.
D. B. Weiss -
I wanted to make a living, but I really was not interested in money at all. I was interested in being a great comedian.
Larry David -
As an old-time New Yorker, it's not that I miss the '70s and '80s or whatever. I miss the fact that there was a certain kind of energy that exists when people can live for nothing.
Abel Ferrara
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I don't believe in just ordering people to do things. You have to sort of grab an oar and row with them.
Harold S. Geneen -
I've always ignored the labels people put on things.
Carlos Ruiz Zafon -
Look, I'm a cancer survivor, all right? So I have great personal empathy for people who have pre-existing conditions and can't get insurance.
Carly Fiorina -
In Denver, I was a homebody, and that's a life I'd chosen with great happiness. I wanted that break from the arc lights and focus on building a lovely home, have some fun, look after my kids and do things that I had missed out on while pursuing my dream.
Madhuri Dixit -
I like being a Baha'i who has an out-there sense of humor. God gives us talents and faculties, and making people laugh is one of mine.
Rainn Wilson -
What's so great about Sundance is that they only accept such a small handful of films per year for dramatic competition, so you know when you're going to Sundance that you're going to see top-quality projects.
Aaron Paul
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What drives that desire to destroy Paris Hilton? What drives that desire to venerate Angelina Jolie? I do understand it, but it still baffles me. It baffles me when people treat me specially and differently, because I just want to look at them and go, 'What are you talking about? I'm just a person.'
Zach Galligan -
I'm not a great writer.
E. L. James -
I've had a great ride. I've got no complaints.
Larry King -
The smart way to build a literary career is you create an identifiable product, then reliably produce that product so people know what they are going to get. That's the smart way to build a career, but not the fun way. Maybe you can think about being less successful and happier. That's an option, too.
Karen Joy Fowler -
Whether I am collaborating with different people, I like changing projects conceptually so I can grow.
Rain Phoenix -
I am my biggest critic. Even in films where people said they liked me, I have disliked myself.
Samantha Ruth Prabhu
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I do think fashion is fun! Much more than people think.
Carine Roitfeld -
I've traveled to many countries in Africa, and to me, Benin felt the most hopeful.
Dana Perino -
I would love to play Jimi Hendrix.
Chadwick Boseman -
It's definitely true that Stevie Ray Vaughan is one of my all-time favorite guitarists.
Kirk Hammett Metallica -
The prevailing ideology of the modern west - which is political economy - is in the doghouse. Having failed to notice atmospheric pollution, the economists then frightened themselves with the sort of financial crisis they said they had abolished.
James Buchan -
I have seen a lot of now-great companies at their earliest stages, and these early-stage startups are not built by the senior people who know how to run and scale big-company machines.
Joe Lonsdale