Mitch Kapor Quotes

It became clear to me by 1984 that Microsoft was likely going to be the big winner in the PC software apps and operating system category, partly because of the dynamics of owning and controlling the operating system: that gave you enormous power, and I came to see Bill Gates was fierce competitor.

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• I don't really measure success by anything other than if I am happy. That is success to me. Am I happy waking up every morning? And despite the challenges of running my own business, do I look forward to going to work? Absolutely.

  

  L'Wren Scott
  • Up
  • Work
  • Business

• The British have always made terrible parents.

  

  Rachel Cusk
  • Parents
  • Always
  • British

• Duncan Aldrich has been my partner in most recording projects, and touring projects, for the past decade.

  

  Warren Zevon
  • Past
  • Partner
  • Decade

• I never get recognised here in London, which I like. Once a year, someone comes up to me and asks if I am 'so-and-so's niece' because they think they recognise me from somewhere. I like that.

  

  Carey Mulligan
  • London
  • Niece
  • Recognised

• Acting had been a hobby that turned into a career, the directing was a hobby that turned into a career, and music just really allowed me to find another way to express myself. I started playing bass in November 1996, and by June 1998 I was doing my first live show.

  

  Malcolm-Jamal Warner
  • Music
  • Live
  • Career

• Salesforce's Chatter is what convinced me that the company understood what is going on in the enterprise; this was the biggest attraction for me. I saw that Salesforce understands social.

  

  J.P. Rangaswami
  • Company
  • Social
  • Convinced

• We hire military veterans because they make great employees. They bring proven technical and leadership skills. They understand teamwork, and they're adaptable. Bottom line, hiring veterans is good for business.

  

  Randall L. Stephenson
  • Good
  • Great
  • Business

• I did tennis for a while, and I was actually on the volleyball team for a minute.

  

  Kacey Musgraves
  • Team
  • Tennis
  • Volleyball

• Most of the time, songs that I write end up being finished in 30 minutes or less.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Up
  • Time
  • End

• It's very tempting to have a nanny and live in a gated community and have a chef - I'd love to have a few dinners cooked for me. But I don't want that for my children. When they're older, if people say to them, 'Did you have a chef?' I want them to be shocked by the question.

  

  Kate Winslet
  • Live
  • Love
  • Community

• I think that when I die, it might be some time until I know it.

  

  Dallas Willard
  • Time
  • Think
  • Die

• The train system in India is chaotic and fun - it's the best way to see the landscape. Being in with all the families and also being the odd animal is a colourful experience you'll never forget.

  

  Natalie Dormer
  • Experience
  • Fun
  • Best

• There is only one me.

  

  Ja Rule
  • Me
  • Only

• I'm trusting in the Lord and a good lawyer.

  

  Oliver North
  • Good
  • Lawyer
  • Legal

• I remember working with Rod, though, on Chrysler Hour. I was too young and dumb to know that I was supposed to be scared of anybody or anything - like getting fired or anything like that.

  

  Sally Kellerman
  • Remember
  • Know
  • Dumb

• I loved writing for kids, I loved talking to children about what I'd written, I don't want to leave that behind.

  

  Joanne Rowling
  • Writing
  • Children
  • Kids

• I have mended fences with both my sisters. But do I have their families on my side? Not easily. My one sister, Florence, has two lawyers in the family and two doctors. Of course, I couldn't win that battle.

  

  Manuel Moroun
  • Family
  • Win
  • Sister

• When I was a kid, I used to try and hit every ball out of the ground. After playing one-day cricket and Test cricket, I never thought I'd get a chance to play like that again, ever. Twenty20 has given me the opportunity of playing like a kid again. I can just feel free and go out there and hit.

  

  Yuvraj Singh
  • Free
  • Opportunity
  • Thought

• The Stonewall riots were a key moment for gay people. Throughout modern history, gays had thought of themselves as something like a mental illness or maybe a sin or a crime. Gay liberation allowed us to make the leap to being a 'minority group,' which made life much easier.

  

  Edmund White
  • People
  • Life
  • History

• I know I`m mean to tell you these things, but he is much worse than I am. He has the worst kind of meanness, that of superficiality.

  

  Elena Ferrante
  • Things
  • Meanness
  • Superficiality

• The basic freeway system was really important to this community in terms of its long-range planning and growth.

  

  J. M. Roberts
  • System
  • Basic
  • Freeway

• Well, I think I'm not a non-believer, and I'm not a believer. But, on the other hand, I couldn't give you a good enough reason why EVP doesn't exist. I don't know enough about it, so how could I say it's not true. Plus, a person's reality is a person's reality so that's your belief system. It's all perception anyway, isn't it.

  

  Michael Keaton
  • Reality
  • Reason
  • Enough

• I went to the RSC, and I became a leading actor.

  

  Ray Fearon
  • Leading
  • Became

• It became clear to me by 1984 that Microsoft was likely going to be the big winner in the PC software apps and operating system category, partly because of the dynamics of owning and controlling the operating system: that gave you enormous power, and I came to see Bill Gates was fierce competitor.

  

  Mitch Kapor
  • System
  • Software
  • Became