Bill Ferguson Quotes
Any characteristic that you can't stand in another person is an aspect of you that you can't stand in yourself. Once you discover that this characteristic is also in you, your resistance towards the other person gets replaced with compassion.
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I see the city as an organism, shaped through time by the little humans having habits and doing millions of stuff in and out of it.
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You ask any person in the U.S. and they know who Mary Lou Retton is.
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Most of the largest software companies in the world today are based on Oracle, and they were once startups.
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Well, wolves will pretty rarely hunt. You're vulnerable if you're on your own or injured. But for lone wolves, get up high, show them that you're not injured, face 'em off, be authoritarian with it, and look 'em in the eye.
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In 1998, it was possible to make a big-screen romantic comedy about email. Yep, email - the same medium we often think of now as boring and even annoying.
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I think there's no creative process that goes without injuries and scratches and punches. You get beat up somehow, and that's part of the commitment. You have to be open to that.
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The moment to tell my barber I was gay just never came up.
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I love apple juice.
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When you're put in a position to really affect young people who are going to run the world one day, if you're able to be in their life at a young age and make a positive impact, I think that's a beautiful thing.
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It was a nice change of pace to come to work, put on a nice suit and stay clean all day.
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I would love to do a movie with Albert Brooks; we're so different, but I find him so funny, and I can be just as seemingly narcissistic as he comes off, the 'it's all about me' kind of thing.
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It's just the game itself that drives me. I just want to be able to compete at a high level.
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My varied listening palette is all-inclusive of all walks of life. No one individual is exempt from the human experience, so it is that intangible that is a universal truth. In that regard, I've had success in encapsulating something cosmic.
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My kids know there's no candy, no soda, until the weekend. Those are the days they get to indulge in their sweets. We're big on organic food. I'm not a diet guy; I don't believe in diets. I just believe in a great meal plan.
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I am not disposed to complain that I have planted and others have gathered the fruits.
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When I was young, we didn't have indie games. We had 'garage developers' or similar terms, who were just small teams making games out of passion.
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My parents made me believe I could do anything I wanted to do. They were really into empowering me.
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I'll be pleased when I'm dead. That will let me off worrying about all these wars.
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I like to sing love songs.
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The only way to live free, the only way to live your life as an offering of love, is to feel everything fully and live open.
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This existence of ours is as transient as autumn clouds To watch the birth and death of beings is like looking at the movements of a dance. A lifetime is like a flash of lightning in the sky, Rushing by, like a torrent down a steep mountain.
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I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
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Looking at various means of developing compassion, I think empathy is an important factor: the ability to appreciate others' suffering.
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Any characteristic that you can't stand in another person is an aspect of you that you can't stand in yourself. Once you discover that this characteristic is also in you, your resistance towards the other person gets replaced with compassion.
