Safra A. Catz Quotes
I like to say it's an attitude of not just thinking outside the box, but not even seeing the box.
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When I grew up in West Baltimore, anything associated - and I'm talking about my childhood - with white people 99 percent of the time was something malevolent, like it was an explanatory force for something bad.
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From my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune.
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I realized what interested me as a student of film was one thing and the movies that I liked were another.
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When tulip mania dies down, all that remains are pretty flowers. When bubbles burst, nothing is left but soapy residue. But the Internet revolution, for all its speculative excesses, really is changing the world.
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I have a blog in Chinese, which you can follow, Chinese signs. But I don't even update at all, often I don't.
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Cycling is a sport of the open road and spectators are lining that road.
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I'm really nearsighted, which has served me well.
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I took religion much too seriously, however, and its overall effect was depressing. I would have really liked to discard it, but somehow I couldn't.
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Seemed like everything I tried to do in broadcasting and as a player before that turned out successfully. I was succeeding. I got to the top of the heap in every facet of broadcasting.
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I can assure you we are all strong-willed, forceful personalities and the president encourages vigorous debate.
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Temperamentally I'm not a natural producer, because I don't have the patience.
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I'm not one icon. I'm every icon. I'm an icon that is made out of all the colors on the palette at every time. I have no restrictions. No restrictions.
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All paths are the same, leading nowhere. Therefore, pick a path with heart!
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The major political battles about guns in our society concern handguns and assault weapons, not long arms like hunting rifles.
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I would love to play a superhero. I wish I could be in 'The Avengers,' kicking butt.
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There would be nights when I would wake up and couldn't get back to sleep. So I would go downstairs and write. The staff had a pool going on how many pages of typing I would bring in here in the morning.
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I had to figure out how to bring the world into my work.
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I always say you've only got one life to live, and you're not promised a tomorrow. So, you might as well just have a good time with it.
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I've never wanted sympathy votes in anything I do in my life.
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I think commercial success is really important. It means there are more people listening, and you're affecting the zeitgeist more. If only a hundred people know you exist, it's harder to get your message across.
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One of my all-time favourite guitarists is, in fact, a bassist - John Entwistle from The Who. He's one of my all-time favourites, the way he kind of expanded. I mean, he could have been a lead guitarist and been one of the best guitarists in the world. He wasn't even bass player; he was a bass guitarist, and he took the bass to another level.
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I like to say it's an attitude of not just thinking outside the box, but not even seeing the box.
