Esther Dyson Quotes
Listening to other companies' customers is the best way to gain market share, while listening to the visionaries is the best way to create new markets.
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I feel like, for me, different environments are very important to me creatively. I think it's my norm to be on the move.
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A historical romance is the only kind of book where chastity really counts.
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I fantasized being a broadcaster.
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For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.
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I just have always felt that I think we know that it's an ensemble show, and it's very hard to pick a show to submit when you're nominated, because usually everyone has a very strong part in every episode.
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I never believe them when they say that because you really have to sort of be aware of what's going on in the news in order to get the jokes on the show.
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I'm fulfilling my dreams that I had as a kid every single day.
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When I wrote my eighth thriller, 'Inside Out,' in 2009, the villains were a group of CIA and other government officials who colluded to destroy a series of tapes depicting Americans torturing war-on-terror prisoners.
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At Pixar, we do a million versions of the movie, and every one of them goes through their awkward teenage phase where it's terrible and doesn't make sense, and we just keep working on it.
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I really trust Susan Stroman. I really think she knows what she's doing. I really trust Andrew Lippa and John August. I think they have proven themselves over and over again and know what to do, and they have the big picture in mind.
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The thing you fear most has no power. Your fear of it is what has the power. Facing the truth really will set you free.
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When you expect things to happen - strangely enough - they do happen.
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With every film that you do, you're always so nervous. You feel exposed because you know people will see this eventually. You sort of have to put all that out of your head. What will be will be. But it's nerve wracking.
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I don't mind playing spoiler.
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Nothing that God ever made is the same thing to more than one person. That is natural.
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In every European nation, there have been problems in history when the society was too divided.
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Both dreams and neurotic dream-states have as their function the avoidance of displeasure, but the dream-states also serve to provide a positive pleasure gain.
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We don't have to sit by while Trump uses his enormous global platform to undermine our national security. We would love to be able to actually force Twitter's hand to live up to its rules, explicitly forbidding hate speech and encouraging violence.
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I bat righty.
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I'm happy that I took time off to become a mom and raise my daughter properly and build a bond between the two of us.
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It's so French to be a cat person.
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Wherever we are, God's in that moment, God's speaking to us, and if we've just got our ears open and our antennas up, there's no lack of inspiration. He's not silent. We just have to be listening.
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Once journalists have been rifling through your dustbins, you do try and keep them at arms' length.
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Listening to other companies' customers is the best way to gain market share, while listening to the visionaries is the best way to create new markets.
