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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No two wars are identical.
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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 think that the music industry is such an interesting place, and there are so many situations that people don't know about.
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In a landscape where a 2.8 demo rating keeps you on the air, you can maintain that just by treating your fans with respect.
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You won't hear me talk about my politics, you won't hear me talk about my vegetarianism, you won't hear me comment on the Iraq war. You'll only hear me talk about being gay and being an actor. I am just public on those two issues.
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I am so tired of ruggedly handsome heroes. I don't know too many ruggedly handsome people who are necessarily nice people. In fact, the beautiful people have a big handicap because they rely too much on their appearance and don't bother to become interesting.
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Microsoft has had its success by doing low-cost products and constantly improving those products and we've really redefined the IT industry to be something that's about a tool for individuals.
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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.
