John D. Voelker Quotes
The true fisherman approaches the first day of fishing season with all the sense of wonder and awe of a child approaching Christmas.

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I don't know what it's like in the U.S. but immigrants in the U.K. do the jobs the citizens won't do.
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I have to remind myself constantly that people actually want to hear the music I've made; that's hard for me to digest. I think a live audience is the only tangible evidence you can have that your work is making an impact. It's really humbling.
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Brands mature over time, like a marriage. The bond you feel with your spouse is different than when you first met each other. Excitement and discovery are replaced by comfort and depth.
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I think the paradigm is shifting with regard to women and what we bring to the industry. I feel very blessed.
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We need to ask who is the enemy, and the enemies are terrorists.
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People go to extraordinary lengths to get films made.
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Show me an Irishman who can't tell a story – I don't think they exist.
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Bureaucracy kills people's ability to try new ideas.
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Skid Row would probably be my favorite Jersey band.
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I actually made a website called Y2 Combinator, which was the Y Combinator that starts Y Combinator clones. There's a very clear difference in the quality between the companies that come from YC and the companies that don't.
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I am so, so lucky. I am the luckiest girl in the world, really. And still with access to everything I could possibly want I still say 'Oh dear, what am I going to wear today?' There's no ending to that question!
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I tend to like simple music. And clever, succinct lyrics. Songs that don't try to be more than they need to to be effective, to stir up something emotionally within you.
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Like any small business owner, I experienced the pressures of building a company from the ground up - developing a business plan, balancing the books, meeting payroll and building a customer base.
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Everything in nature is not just a straight up. It's an S-curve. It arises for a while until it hits some physical limitation, and then it plateaus again.
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Makr Shakr aims to share this new potential - design-make-enjoy - with everyone in just a few minutes: the time taken to prepare a new cocktail.
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I went into science, ending up with a Ph.D. in cell biology, but along the way I found out that experimental science involves many hours and days and nights of laboratory work, which is a lot like washing dishes, only a little more challenging. I was too impatient, and maybe a little too sloppy, for it.
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No man is rich enough to buy back his past.
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Before I got married, I dated the gamut.
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I was there when Abbe Georges Lemaître first proposed this [Big Bang] theory. ...
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I have expos'd myself to the enmity of all metaphysicians, logicians, mathematicians, and even theologians; and can I wonder at the insults I must suffer?
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The denominational world tries to pressure its members to focus on the birth of Christ, but in doing so layers of guilt are imposed, and competition gets complicated as one Christmas program tries to outdo the other.
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This was the biggest win of the season for us. I'm happy with our players. When we flew in here they had a mission about them and wanted to play well and they did not back down.
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The true fisherman approaches the first day of fishing season with all the sense of wonder and awe of a child approaching Christmas.