John Doerr Quotes
Green technologies - going green - is bigger than the Internet. It could be the biggest economic opportunity of the 21st century.
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It's a great event to get outside and enjoy nature. I find it very exciting no matter how many times I see bald eagles.
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One school invited me down, as two pupils had come out, and the headmaster didn't know what to do about it. I said, 'How many students here are gay?' and he said, 'Just these two.' Clearly not. 'How many gay members of staff have you got?' He had no idea. And this was a concerned man.
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We in the Middle East like to talk politics, we like to argue. Just look at the three prophets - Moses, Jesus and Mohammad. They are all from this small region which creates problems all the time.
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First, I was Bavarian State Minister of Justice, and after the ministries of justice in the various states were dissolved I became Reich Minister without portfolio.
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Even in the angels there is the subordination of one hierarchy to another, and in the heavens, and all the bodies that are moved, the lowest by the highest and the highest in their turn unto the Supreme Mover of all.
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I write to please me, and I've been very lucky. It's like playing baseball. You just keep swinging, and eventually you get a hit.
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Google never knew how successful key words would be. Facebook didn't know how successful Zynga would be.
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I love the idea that I planned my career. I did not. It started out by getting invitations from artists that I really love and respect, to share a stage... I've been very lucky in that I haven't had to create a five-year plan. It's evolved.
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I feel like, when I'm 100% healthy, I can do anything.
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I have a feeling when I'm 80 years old I'm going to get a phone call: There's going to be another Rocky.
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That's what the sari is about. Everything is covered, yet a peep of an ankle can be a turn on for men.
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Together, the Jenner sisters have left their mark on the jewelry and fashion accessories industry, first with The Kendall & Kylie Collection at PacSun in 2012, the Metal Haven jewelry collection in 2013, and a line of shoes and handbags for Steve Madden in 2014.
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The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.
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Like everyone else in the first weeks after the tragedy of 9/11, I was looking frantically for some way to help.
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I enjoyed history at school. I'd always had a sense of pagan England.
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The stage is where I feel most comfortable, and I miss it all the time.
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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.
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I used to work at a punk venue in Pennsylvania because I wanted to be near music.
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For to me, this word Art, in its largest sense, signifies those who take pleasure in their work... Artist-carpenters who adjust with joy dovetails and mortises; artist-masons who handle lovingly their trowels; artist-cab drivers, proud of treating their horses humanely-what an ideal state of society that would be.
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There's a million things that come through when you put songs together and it's kind of difficult to pinpoint exactly what triggers it on every occasion. It's just like somebody writing a screenplay or something like that.
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I select good scripts, and every role is an opportunity to enhance my histrionic skills.
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I have a soft spot for art that, in terms of subject matter and material, is in bad taste.
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Writing songs is kind of like a wrestling match to me. You have to pin it down and make it do what you want it to do.
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Green technologies - going green - is bigger than the Internet. It could be the biggest economic opportunity of the 21st century.
