Reed Hastings (Wilmot Reed Hastings Jr.) Quotes
Companies rarely die from moving too fast, and they frequently die from moving too slowly.
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You take the best of our tradition as a start, and I'll take the best of Christianity ... From there we can build.
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Sampling is kind of prehistoric, given the technology and the textures you can create.
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I have an emotional attachment with Katihar.
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When you talk about the American League, you think of Fenway. When you talk about the National League, you think of Wrigley and the fan base that they have in Chicago.
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You look at a horse, and he's such a majestic, beautiful, powerful creature that you can't not be impressed. I love scraping the water off them when I wash them down because you go all round the contours, and its muscle and body, and you just think, 'Ooh, isn't this a magnificent creature.' You're touching it, and it's just solid, carved muscle.
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The loneliest, most down-on-his-luck person can have a dog who adores him. The most bitter, sour person can light up with joy when he sees his dog. It is magical and, as 'The Dog Master' reveals, it is biological - we evolved together.
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Barack Obama's victories in 2008 and 2012 were dismissed by some of his critics as merely symbolic for African Americans. But there is nothing 'mere' about symbols.
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Generally speaking, historically in this country, the care of a child has been thought of as female business.
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I write about real people in disguise. If anything, my characters are toned down-the truth is much more bizarre.
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I've found that people get particularly frustrated and shut down when women in fiction are disgusting or disordered.
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It is disheartening when you read an interview with an actress, and it starts by describing what she is wearing.
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My faith makes me willing to do things that may look like there's going to be a lot of physical difficulty. And you just go ahead and do it because you truly believe it's the right thing to do.
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Performing doesn't turn me on. It's an egomaniac business, filled with prima donnas – including this one.
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I think the future takes care of itself.
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I think several generations of my family had novels in the drawer. You know the montage in 'The Royal Tenenbaums' where each character has produced some sort of minor work? It was like having a magician in the household.
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I do think it's important for young women to know that magazine covers are retouched. People don't really look like that.
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Real to Reel is a rare opportunity for new filmmakers to screen their work for industry insiders.
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Historically, the National Religious Party, which my party - Jewish Home - is built upon, has aligned itself in consecutive Israeli governments with the ultra-Orthodox factions.
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I'm first generation American, and my parents were both from Nigeria. And so I always say that I'm literally an African American. So my last name is Famuyiwa, it's different. And so that was a part of my experience from people not being able to pronounce it to not sort of having sort of a shared, common history with a lot of the kids that I was growing up with because my parents were from Africa.
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Here's the tragedy of the modern record business: It's radio. If you're not on radio, nobody really is going to hear you or see you or care about you.
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'The Sound of Things Falling' may be a page turner, but it's also a deep meditation on fate and death. Even in translation, the superb quality of Vasquez's prose is evident, captured in Anne McLean's idiomatic English version. All the novel's characters are well imagined, original and rounded.
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I'm not gonna worry about what people think about me. I'm too busy. I don't give a hoot.
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Always be natural. Putting on airs will make a giggle out of you. Be yourself and if you don't know something say so.
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Companies rarely die from moving too fast, and they frequently die from moving too slowly.
