Esther Dyson Quotes
As an investor in small companies, I don't care how rich Microsoft is. I care about what my opportunities are.
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The colonel replied that he didn't care how my men had got the job done. He was happy that it had been accomplished. He said that, obviously, no matter how much or how little I knew technically, I was able to get the best out of people I worked with.
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Imagine trying to be a gay actor, a gay anything in modern Russia? Where to be positively oneself, to be affectionate in public with someone you love of the same gender, or to talk of that love in the hearing of anyone under 18, will put you prison?
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I kept on hearing the voice of God saying if you are going to be the minister that your mom mentioned... then you have to act. My pulpit is acting.
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Years ago, I carved out an identity, and it has always been about having a voice to tell people about stuff I love.
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You have to take control of your own life, your own destiny, and your own careers. You can't leave everything up to someone else, 'cause then you can look at them and blame them.
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Human behavior in the midst of hardship caught my attention very early on, and my first stories were all pictures, no words.
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Being first lady is the hardest unpaid job in the world.
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No two wars are identical.
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Learning options will indeed mushroom for business students and leaders, but it will take prudence and shrewdness to find and utilize the best option.
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I work a lot of hours, and in this business you really try to keep as busy as you possibly can. Sometimes when you really focus on kids in your free time you lose the husband and wife relationship to some degree. It's been a real focus for us to make sure we stay focused on us two.
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Age is strictly a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
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Bigotry is probably the thing I detest most.
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Words are not even within me. They're not in my vocabulary to really express the kind of feeling that I had.
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I believe that when Crazy Horse was killed, something more than a man's life was snuffed out.
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If you want to know how your girl will treat you after marriage, just listen to her talking to her little brother.
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I go into a young film director's office these days and he says, 'Hey man, I know who you are. I grew up watching 'McHale's Navy'. And I think, 'Oh boy, here we go again'.
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It's so hard not to smile.
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My love of fine art increased - the more of it I saw, the more of it I wanted to see.
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Concern should drive us into action, not into a depression.
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I don't think I'm severely politically active. I care deeply, and I have my strong personal beliefs. I think America is dancing on thin ice. But I think it's bigger even than a political issue. I wonder about the evolution of the human race and spirit and what our goals and reasons for living are.
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I think that to a great degree, reggae companies have become very corporate and so maybe some don't have that freedom to say whatever they want to say.
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My three Ps: passion, patience, perseverance. You have to do this if you've got to be a filmmaker.
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As an investor in small companies, I don't care how rich Microsoft is. I care about what my opportunities are.
