Wences Casares (Wenceslao Casares) Quotes
When people write the history of this thing, of bitcoin, they are not going to write the story of 6 million to a billion. What is truly remarkable is the story of zero to 6 million. It has already happened! And we’re not paying attention! That’s incredible. That’s what had one chance in a million and it already happened.
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I'm an optimist about other people. I'm not an optimist about myself.
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Any form of art is political if you make it that way.
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But we cannot rely on memorials and museums alone. We can tell ourselves we will never forget and we likely won't. But we need to make sure that we teach history to those who never had the opportunity to remember in the first place.
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Once a food becomes off-limits, then it takes on this whole other personality. 'Forbidden' is more tempting. And it becomes something evil, but food is food. It's there to nourish your body.
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I'm not a rock singer and I don't want to be a rock singer. I'm not interested. It doesn't seem to get across.
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Space excites me. My dream is to go to space.
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It's beneficial to play against your type; to be chameleon-like.
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And that's what art is, a form in which people can reflect on who we are as human beings and come to some understanding of this journey we are on.
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My parents, my family, that's the biggest inspiration in my life. I've been in a lot of dark spots in my life, and if it wasn't for them, I wouldn't be able to get out of it, but they are who they are. They followed me. They yelled at me. They screamed at me. They loved me.
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If you are a reader of 'Harper's Bazaar,' to me, you are a woman who loves fashion, but not just fashion; you love fashion, you love travel, you love art, you love music.
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What after all, is a halo? It's only one more thing to keep clean.
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I didn't want to be this four-chord acoustic singer songwriter because that stuff just got so old to me.
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I had to dance in a Tweety Bird costume once.
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I hate picking a bone with Paul Ryan; he's a friend of mine, but I think he needs to walk and chew gum at the same time.
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At Ford, one of the behaviors is you listen, and you don't have side conversations during the meeting. It's just so important everybody stays focused.
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You can ride your bike to anywhere in Portland if you want to. I think there was a charming underdog mentality when I first moved here in the late '80s that is definitely gone. People acted more like underdogs, dressed more like underdogs.
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When a president makes up law as he goes, no one knows what the law is anymore.
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You pay your money, you take your choice. I get the audience my language attracts and I lose the ones it repels.
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I have no idea of the future -- never, ever. That's what I like about fashion. It's paradise now.
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Empathy is the bridge to understand those who you may be lucky to one day lead, and it is - in my opinion - the most under-appreciated human skill in business.
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I want the great masses of my people to take a greater pride in their personal appearance and to give their hair proper attention.
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Friendship demands attention.
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When people write the history of this thing, of bitcoin, they are not going to write the story of 6 million to a billion. What is truly remarkable is the story of zero to 6 million. It has already happened! And we’re not paying attention! That’s incredible. That’s what had one chance in a million and it already happened.
