Sarah Lacy Quotes
It may be easier than ever to start a product, but building a company is just as hard as its ever been.
Quotes to Explore
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I converse with my dog through ESP.
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I like to stay home. I don't want to be away shooting in Europe for six or eight months at a stretch.
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Romance is a bird that will not sing in every bush, and love-affairs, however devoted the sentiments that inspire them, are often so business-like in the prudence with which they are conducted, that romance is reduced to a mere croaking or a disgusted silence.
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I've always thought that it's good to watch the news to find out what everybody else is looking at and believing, if only because that's how consensus is constructed.
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Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.
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Our educational system is appallingly poor right now. Yet, somehow we're turning out some of the most intellectual and powerful sophisticated minds in the world. I think that's because we still have the opportunity here.
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I love the way girls in London dress; it's so different to the American 'blow-dry and immaculate grooming' thing.
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'LazyTown' is on a mission to move the world to be a healthier place. When we get kids moving, we get their families moving. And when families move, we are one step closer to moving the world. Move the body, move the mind, every day.
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As much as we need to approve the Keystone pipeline, we need to think far broader than that.
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When you're mid-season, in very intense situations, it's hard not to take that home with you. Especially when you're sleeping, you can't control what you dream about. And it sneaks into the unconscious.
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In China we need to do our own part to try to combat global climate change.
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Say something personal, not from a publicist.
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I really just like characters who you don't know where they stand for a long while. It's like people. You hang out with them for 10 years, and then all of a sudden they do something, and you say, 'Who are you?' That's more interesting. In life and on-screen.
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When I first started, especially because I got the Critics' Choice before I'd released an album, there was a lot of scrutiny on what my character was, what my background was, what colour my hair was. I fought quite hard for the music to overtake the personality aspect.
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I don't really write for an audience. I just write what the subject seems to me to require.
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My mother was religious; she was knowledgeable about mythology and scriptures; she could tell the metaphysical nuances and make the story come to life with their deeper significance. The current generation is missing out on this.
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Act happy, feel happy, be happy, without a reason in the world. Then you can love, and do what you will.
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The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.
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Don't ally your personal interests with the development of the company.
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Autonomy: the urge to direct our own lives. Mastery: the desire to get better and better at something that matters. Purpose: the yearning to do what we do in the service of something larger than ourselves. These are the building blocks of an entirely new operating system for our businesses.
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Ideas are like dreams; they will disappear unless we record them. Write a book, a blog, build a company, anything that makes the ideas real.
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I have never been able to wear pajamas or creepy nightgowns; they disturb my sleep.
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It may be easier than ever to start a product, but building a company is just as hard as its ever been.
