Reed Hastings (Wilmot Reed Hastings Jr.) Quotes
If the Starbucks secret is a smile when you get your latte... ours is that the Web site adapts to the individual's taste.
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When human beings live together, conflict is inevitable. War is not.
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A Lawyer will do anything to win a case, sometimes he will even tell the truth.
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And we will accept the creation of the Iberian Federation of a socialist republic which will give each region the right to construct its life in accordance with its economic possibilities and political preponderance.
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Music was in the air when I was growing up. My siblings Katy, Dave and Phil were musical; my dad worked in inner-city New York where a musical revolution was taking place - folk music, rock n' roll, gospel music. My sister taught me to sing. My brothers taught me to play.
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Positivity is like a muscle: keep exercising it, and it becomes a habit.
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I feel that being an actor is a front-row seat into seeing how everybody else makes their movies. Basically, being in the trenches for ten years is like a college-level course in filmmaking if not more. It feels like every director I work with and every set that I visit as an actor, I see someone else's definition of filmmaking.
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A minister has to be able to read a clock. At noon, it's time to go home and turn up the pot roast and get the peas out of the freezer.
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I always think that struggle can bring out the best in people - or the worst.
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And of course, pop music is all about memorability and simplicity and positive messages and a little dash of joy.
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They never noticed that he was in fact what they only pretended to be.
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I have visited (Burma) and I know that there is only one instrument of government, and that is the army...If I were Aung San Suu Kyi, I think I'd rather be behind a fence and be a symbol than after two or three years, be found impotent.
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Fashion is not interesting unless it has some connection to something outside of that world. It's the same thing with any part of the arts: you can't just take pictures - you have to look at science, to listen to music; you have to be aware of the connections within the world. If you take something in an isolated box, it loses all significance.
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Since President Bush took office, we have lost 3 million more good jobs.
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I almost failed drama at school. I hated it. It was all about the history of theatre.
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If it's a day to indulge, I like to have a burrito or a steak.
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I guess I do have a childlike sense of fun, and although I still have my dark days, I'm generally an optimistic person. The way things have gone in my life, sure, I could have been a bitter person. But I just find bitter people really un-fun, you know? And who wants to be that person?
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I created FEED as a way to provide people with a tangible way to make an impact in the fight against hunger, with each purchase of a FEED product donating meals directly to children in need.
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To create a collection, you need a narrative - an explanation to tell the team.
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To possess both wisdom and compassion is the heart of our human revolution. If you have wisdom alone and lack compassion, it will be a cold, perverse wisdom. If you have compassion alone and lack wisdom, you cannot give happiness to others. You are even likely to lead them in the wrong direction, and you won't be able to achieve your own happiness.
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Blame it or praise it, there is no denying the wild horse in us.
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I don't owe people anything, and I don't have to talk to them any more than I feel I need to.
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For me, the driving force is the audience, and the day that stops, I will stop doing films. The day a part of me stops feeling like putting a smile on someone else's face or if I feel like I don't want to entertain anymore, then I will pack up and leave.
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A soldier has one item that cannot be neglected. His feet. They are his wheels, his mechanised warfare.
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If the Starbucks secret is a smile when you get your latte... ours is that the Web site adapts to the individual's taste.
