Larry Page Quotes
Invention is not enough. Tesla invented the electric power we use, but he struggled to get it out to people. You have to combine both things: invention and innovation focus, plus the company that can commercialize things and get them to people.
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I joined the Army at 19 as a soldier and spent about four and a half years with them. Then I broke my back in a freefall parachuting accident and spent a year in rehabilitation back in the U.K.
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When I was growing up, we never had much money. My parents were divorced young, but I was always surrounded by loving individuals. They couldn't give us riches, but they gave us their stories, their hearts, and their time.
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I think my message goes out to the entire spectrum of political parties. I'm supported by the Tea Party, the Conservative Party and the Republican Party. I come from a Democratic world. My world is moderate Democrats, Reagan-type Democrats if you want, the blues or whatever you call them, the Blue Dogs. That's been my world, historically.
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I personally do not drink. To drink or not to is one's own choice. So long as it doesn't affect others, it is okay.
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How can you be on top of the things you do? I think when you are involved in a business, first of all you need to know the business. After that you know the business, you can - the numbers tell you what is happening. You can read with the numbers.
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I don't know if I have a 'Greatest Album Ever.' I really liked 'The Blueprint' by Jay-Z. The production on that album was really great. 'All I Need' was the first song I used for walk-on music in 2002 for my second time ever on stage, so that means a lot to me.
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One could laugh at the world better if it didn't mix tender kindliness with its brutality.
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He who binds his soul to knowledge, steals the key of heaven.
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I spend a lot of time in L.A., and when it rains there you get the entire rainfall for the year in two days, raindrops the size of mangoes. And in Barcelona, the Mediterranean storms come up from the sea, thunder and lightning; it's like the end of the world.
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If Obamacare is so wonderful, why is it that its loudest advocates don't want to be subject to it?
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Winemakers have to adapt to what they're given by nature: the vines, the fruit, the soil and the weather.
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Home is where your rump rests.
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Life is an adventure, it's not a package tour.
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And I've been walking 'round with memories way too long.
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Richard Donner is one of the few directors in Hollywood that can make whatever movie he wants exactly the way he wants it. No one will stop him.
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I believe that everything has a shelf life.
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My youngest sister belonged to a group called the Twelve Tribes for many years. She recently left, with her husband and four children. Talking to her about her experiences in the group is fascinating, moving, and enlightening.
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So we're living by that sword, and we're going to cut every now and then from it's backlash.
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When I give notes on a script, I say, 'Guys, I may drift, but it's part of the process.' So I'm aware that I'm drifting, but I'm grabbing a lot of stuff.
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My style is very strong poses and expressions.
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Movies have been my way to get out of my backyard. I'm trying to let people know that movies change people's lives.
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Thoughts have power; thoughts are energy. And you can make your world or break it by your own thinking.
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I never really had an itch for gambling. I work hard for my money, so I don't like going out and giving it away like that.
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Invention is not enough. Tesla invented the electric power we use, but he struggled to get it out to people. You have to combine both things: invention and innovation focus, plus the company that can commercialize things and get them to people.
