John Collison Quotes
For Stripe, being inventive is just about applying the right solutions from other areas.
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I am telling you, if you ever wanted an ego boost, leave your job and then, six months later, come back for a day. People will treat you like you're a princess.
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'The Waltons' was profoundly important after years of wandering around. I was 44 and cut off from family and friends. It nurtured me back to a sense of family and who I am. It was a transforming experience.
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I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.
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In terms of 'Seinfeld', I think there's lot of reality in a show that's supposed to be about nothing.
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The acting bug just seemed to stick with me. I loved going to theatre school in college and continued to train in film classes and had been auditioning for T.V. and movie roles since I was in my late teens. My career has been slow and steady, and I kind of like it that way.
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I will not become a Napoleon nor an Alexander, and labour for my own ambition; but I will labour for freedom and for the moral well-being of man.
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He is far too intelligent to become really cerebral.
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One of the disadvantages of wine is that it makes a man mistake words for thoughts.
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Honestly, I've just made music so long by myself, in some ways I don't feel I'm a very good collaborator.
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I wouldn't like to be a character in one of my books!
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If you got the DVD you can see that George Lucas has taken that person out, as well as the voice, and we shot this scene when we arrived in Australia during the actual filming of Episode 3.
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When we examine the opinions of men, we find that nothing is more uncommon than common sense; or, in other words, they lack judgment to discover plain truths or to reject absurdities and palpable contradictions.
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There are two sides to me. One is the writer. That's a savage person who looks at everything as a story and, you know, wants to use real life in his books. The other part is the Midwesterner, who, you know, wants to say nice things about people and be polite.
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There were definitely lyrics and they were very meaningful. I think.
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You used to dealing with basic bitches,Basic shit all the time.I'm a new classic, upgrade your statusFrom a standby to a frequent flyer.
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Oh please...As a standup, I tried to change the world. As an entertainer, I try to entertain. And as a lesbian, I try to pick up the prettiest girl in the room. Not necessarily in that order.
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Cote de Pablo is one of my best friends! We went to college together.
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AIDS does not inevitably lead to death, especially if you suppress the co-factors that support the disease. It is very important to tell this to people who are infected.
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I'm more interested in character than events. I've observed that about myself as a writer. I find events, even the most dramatic sort, not to be such fertile ground.
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Of all thieves, fools are the worst; they rob you of time and temper.
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I am, as you know, a fan of nature, said Reginald. And yet, nature doesn't find ways to do anything. Nature has no opinion, no agenda. Nature provides a playing field, a not particularly level one, on which we compete with all creatures great and small.
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I'm not a big horror movie fan. I am afraid of them; they scare me.
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There is a process of real disarmament under way.
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For Stripe, being inventive is just about applying the right solutions from other areas.
