Gabe Newell Quotes
I remember back in the early days of Microsoft that from the day that you decided that you were just going to put out an ad to a customer - and all you were usually able to tell them was that a new product was available - it was about nine months before you could actually reach the first customer.
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In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.
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Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
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Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.
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Reverence is fatal to literature.
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That's everybody's goal, when they come to the league, is to win a Super Bowl. That's the ultimate goal.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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I just love to see people having a good time.
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The censors have always had a field day with James Joyce, specifically with 'Ulysses,' but also with his other writings. The conventional wisdom is that this is because of sexually explicit passages (and there certainly are those). I have always thought that what the critics hated and feared about Joyce is his cry for human freedom.
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My preference is that, that day when someone sticks a tripod in front of you with a camera on the top, it is not day one.
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I remember back in the early days of Microsoft that from the day that you decided that you were just going to put out an ad to a customer - and all you were usually able to tell them was that a new product was available - it was about nine months before you could actually reach the first customer.
