Jon Stevens Quotes
But I also hope it shows to anyone else in that situation that you have to hang in there… Hang in there because there is a light at the end of the tunnel – no matter how small that light may look from where you are. Things do change no matter how dark a place you are in… it really does change eventually.
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I grew up in the '80s. I was a kid, but all my favorite movies came out of that period.
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Reverence the deacons as you would the command of God.
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The orthogonal features, when combined, can explode into complexity.
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People who relieve others of their money with guns are called robbers. It does not alter the immorality of the act when the income transfer is carried out by government.
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I think any artist that's going to become anything in this world faces humility: with great humility comes great success.
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I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
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The fact is that surveys which media people openly admit to show that fewer than twelve percent of their customers believe they're doing a good job, while the average profit margin in television is in the neighborhood of eighty percent.
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Piety is the most solid goodness, and the vilest of what is evil is vice.
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My dad's funny. He's laid back and a cool guy.
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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Some people object to libertarian ideas because there are too many irresponsible people in the world - people who will cause trouble if the government doesn't restrain them.
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I hope I did it the way my peers did it before me. I didn't do anything but try to play hard.
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If you have twenty guys in the room and you just bring in one girl, you change the entire mood and everyone plays different.
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In Mumbai, you have to act in real life, too.
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Would it be a surprise if entrepreneurs recoil at the thought of consciously courting any person who has more power and money than they have?
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I learned to listen and listen very well. It helped me athletically and in the classroom as well. The person who talks a lot or talks over people misses out because they weren't listening.
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I've always loved the word blunderbuss. I've always thought that it was a beautiful word and that it could mean several different things.
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I think that where I've gotten frustrated during the course of my presidency has never been because I was getting pushed too hard by activists to see the justness of a cause or the essence of an issue.
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I know it's a cliche, but I see myself as a citizen of the world. I was brought up in Switzerland by German and Turkish parents but I've very much grown up in San Francisco. I have a European sense of aesthetic, but I'm also deeply steeped in the notion of change and entrepreneurship that is associated with Silicon Valley.
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I'm a very light sleeper. I get about six hours a night.
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In Japan, I focus mostly on sending messages through Twitter, trying to spread my minority way of thinking.
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A bad system will beat a good person every time.
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But I also hope it shows to anyone else in that situation that you have to hang in there… Hang in there because there is a light at the end of the tunnel – no matter how small that light may look from where you are. Things do change no matter how dark a place you are in… it really does change eventually.
