Reed Hastings (Wilmot Reed Hastings Jr.) Quotes
What's got me excited about the education space is the growth of the Internet over the next 10, 20, 30 years.
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I believed I was invincible.
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Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty; it is its own reward. Everything else is in God's hands.
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I made a commitment to myself; that I wanted to be an actress, and I wanted to do films that make a difference. It has to move people.
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Ask your editor or ask your agent to find out what the house's goals are for your book before it comes out. Get some sense of expectations so you are prepared.
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Abraham Lincoln was killed by the forces of white supremacy.
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I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars.
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I think they are very important because westerns have a code and a symbolism.
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If you have an opportunity to reach people on a broad scale, it's not enough to just entertain people. You have to take responsibility. You has to do something substantial. Otherwise you're squandering what you have.
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I was the very first athlete in East Germany allowed to go professional.
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I grew up backstage and on movie sets, and I thought they were the most magical places on Earth.
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I feel no compulsion to be a pundit. As a matter of fact, I really don't have that much to say about most things. Working with hard news satisfies me completely.
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Mainly I love working on good writing.
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Traditional performance reviews have passed their sell-by date. Big time. There's research showing that roughly two-thirds of performance appraisals have either no effect - or a negative effect! - on employee performance.
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Mumbai's infectious. Once you start living in Mumbai, working in Mumbai, I don't think you can live anywhere else.
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I haven't always felt it was okay to read romance novels. When I was younger, it embarrassed me to be seen with my books, but I've come out of the closet.
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I would say confidence and security and comfortability in one's own skin. I think that's so attractive. Truly.
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The act of writing... is the act of trying to understand why my opinion is what it is. And ultimately, I think that's the same experience the reader has when they pick up one of my books.
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I believe acting to be my own journey through connection more than anything else, but that's only my take on it.
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Everybody, my friend, everybody lives for something better to come. That's why we want to be considerate of every man - Who knows what's in him, why he was born and what he can do?
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I like to play the weirdos. I like to play the people that are hard to like. You get to say and do things that you would never say and do in real life.
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Watch people, because you can fake for a long time, but one day you're gonna show yourself to be a phony.
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Essentially what's going to determine how you succeed in New York is how people feel about the space, how delicious the food is, how they perceive the value and, most important of all, how they feel treated. My understanding is Stephen Starr is exceptionally good at all of this and his ability to create a transporting experience.
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When you're an expert in a subject, you can retain new factoids on your favorite topic easily. This only works for the subjects you're truly passionate about, though. Baseball fans can reel off stats for their favorite players, then space out on their own birthday.
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What's got me excited about the education space is the growth of the Internet over the next 10, 20, 30 years.
