George Packer Quotes
It seems preposterous now, but Amazon began as a bookstore.
George Packer
Quotes to Explore
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I've never managed to keep a journal longer than two weeks.
Joanne Rowling
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I don't like denial. I don't like repression.
C. K. Williams
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I've been saying for years that readers want inexpensive ebooks.
J. A. Konrath
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Power might feel tasty and good in the moment, but it will never be satisfying, never fill you up. Yep, no matter how much power you get, you will always feel empty. You just keep wanting more and more power.
Karen Salmansohn
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Simply put, when women do well, everybody does better.
Madeleine M. Kunin
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Very difficult to understand American audience, what they like, what they don't like. Some movie I like very much, it doesn't work. Some movie I don't like, it gets big box office. Very difficult.
Jackie Chan
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No matter how strong and dedicated a leader may be, he must find root and strength amongst the people. He alone cannot save a nation. He may guide, he may set the tone, he may dedicate himself and risk his life, but only the people may save themselves.
Ferdinand Marcos
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I note that the Python folks still think they like JPython. I wonder how long that will last?
Larry Wall
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I ain't good looking And my hair ain't curls But my mother she give me something It's going to carry me through this world.
Eleanora Fagan
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When I stopped touring in the early '80s for a few years, it was a mistake looking back. I lost touch with my audience in a way and I think that was a bad career move.
Bryan Ferry
Roxy Music
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'Service, and the learning that goes with it, fosters citizenship, knowledge, and personal development in everyone, young and old, with disabilities and without. Our partnership with Youth Service America will bring awareness to the fact that youth with disabilities are great assets and can serve as volunteers too.'-U.S. Newswire
Clay Aiken
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As an eminent pioneer in the realm of high frequency currents... I congratulate you on the great successes of your life's work.
Albert Einstein
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I know when I grew up, it was, if it was daylight outside, get outside. Well, now, with the technological age of computers and everything, everyone's inside virtually going everywhere they want to go, virtually having relationships, virtually traveling across the neighborhood, virtually going to that island.
Matthew McConaughey
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My favourite place to write is at my desk in my house in the mountains of Crete. I produce more there because one big distraction is missing: the Internet.
Neal Asher
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He made her play and she had almost forgotten how. Life had been so serious and so bitter. He knew how to play and swept her along with him.
Margaret Mitchell
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Sometimes my body wakes me up and says 'Hey, you haven't had pain in a while. How about pain?' And sometimes I can't breathe, and that's hard to live with. But I still celebrate life and don't give up.
Mattie Stepanek
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I have said consistently in my 16-and-a-half years in the parliament, I have always supported the party room's decision and the party room is the ultimate authority on these matters. I don't expect that to change.
Nick Minchin
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It seems preposterous now, but Amazon began as a bookstore.
George Packer