Eric Schmidt Quotes
In whatever number of years I have on Earth, I think that promoting the values of free expression, the openness of the Internet, that's the best use of my time.
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We have to set our own agenda, we have to set our own standards, we have to be very strong about what we want, we have to be very strong about our passion and if it's not right for you, you shouldn't do it just because you're advised by so-called geniuses.
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Things are simple, it is us human beings that make it difficult.
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I think people can tell when you're pandering to them, and they feel insulted. I think that one thing that is really nice about the work that I do is that I can just sort of make mistakes or try out different ideas or be inconsistent and be vulnerable.
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I was a go-go dancer at the Dom on East 10th Street in NYC. This was a glittering ballroom over Stanley's Bar. 1965.
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I think that the training of architects allows you to see what will happen ten years ahead of time, or twenty. It's not guessing, it's not intuitive, it's based on research - and we may be wrong.
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Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
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There can be no literary equivalent to truth.
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When I was being brought up, we weren't allowed to wallow in self-pity, which was a thoroughly good thing. We were all fine and healthy because that was what we were told to be.
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We have magnificent brains, but we use a great deal of our brilliance to keep ourselves stuck and ignorant, to keep ourselves from not shining. We are so afraid of our beauty and radiance and brilliance because it scared the adults around us when we were children.
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For me, let's keep jazz as folk music. Let's not make jazz classical music. Let's keep it as street music, as people's everyday-life music. Let's see jazz musicians continue to use the materials, the tools, the spirit of the actual time that they're living in, as what they build their lives as musicians around.
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My brother married young, and his is the best marriage I know.
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No person is just one particular emotion.
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Some people think electronic music is cold, but I think that has more to do with the people listening than the actual music itself.
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Albania, Macedonia and Greece have managed to create a good partnership in the south of the Continent and are making progress in blocking the spread of the conflict. But any spillover could destroy this European-oriented partnership and create problems for the European Union countries themselves.
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My retiring days are behind me – they're going to have to throw me out now.
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At the base of Ron Paul support, in my opinion, are people with brains.
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Why are numbers so important? I take up a film I like, give it my best, and move on.
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As a young girl I think I wanted to be a horse woman. I loved horses.
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Great teams argue. Not in a mean-spirited or personal way, but they disagree when important decisions are made.
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The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime.
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I wear a lot of different jewellery. I love to look for it when I'm abroad or if I find a great antique or vintage shop.
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So the experts think we could have an AIDS-free generation in Africa by 2015, even if the mothers are positive.
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In whatever number of years I have on Earth, I think that promoting the values of free expression, the openness of the Internet, that's the best use of my time.
