Eric Ries Quotes
Most entrepreneurs don't need as many customers as they think. A lot of people think 10 is too few for a sample. But if all 10 refused a product, why is that not enough? If you want 100, 1,000 or a million customers, you first have to get 10.
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Let us not be so naive as to think that revolution is just a matter of social or economic discontent.
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Of course people think Washington is arrogant. It is.
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People tweet before they think, and it becomes obsessive.
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A fair question could be posed in this fashion: If people are not obeying existing laws, what makes us think they would obey any new laws?
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I think there is some credibility to the notion that marriage is an institution. It meant something very different hundreds of years ago when it became the norm for people to go off and pair.
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Being well-dressed is a wonderful thing, but I don't think it should be life threatening.
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I think lots of actors are very nervous and shy. I know lots of them who are, and some who aren't of course.
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I'm not a very big fan of 'Slumdog Millionaire.' I think it's visually brilliant. But I have problems with the story line. I find the storyline unconvincing.
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If I see someone doing a new sport, I usually like to throw myself into it, and I never look at it and think, 'That's something I can't do.'
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I think any actor hopes to have variety and range in what they do. Everybody has a certain range, so you take on roles to expand that the best you can... See things a little differently and whatnot.
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Instead of assuming that emotional intelligence is always useful, we need to think more carefully about where and when it matters.
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I'm going to start a new career as a singer, I think. I'm going to go the way of Russell Crowe.
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I had an indie pop phase, I had just about every phase you could think of.
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When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that American society has found one more way to destroy itself.
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I developed an optical lure that imitates certain types of bioluminescent displays that I think might be attractive to large predators. The other way to do it is just use dead bait, but I think dead bait attracts scavengers, and we wanted to attract active predators.
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I reject the insurance model. I think we should have a free-market approach to healthcare.
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I think bolstering free trade is a boon to the dollar.
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I think I've really exhausted the magical. It was a lot of fun, but I've put it behind me for the time being.
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I think every time, before we do an album, we have a discussion where we sort of consider the idea of doing something radically different.
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As far as criticism, I don't mind critics. I mean, I wrote for 'Rolling Stone' for a hot minute. I like criticism. I enjoy criticism. The thing I don't like is cruelty for cruelty's sake. You don't have to be a jerk to say something negative. You can say something in the negative sense and have class.
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There's people making babies to my music. That's nice.
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I raised five children. They all have different personalities. All of them have different issues, different levels of success. That was a learning experience for me.
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A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of.
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Most entrepreneurs don't need as many customers as they think. A lot of people think 10 is too few for a sample. But if all 10 refused a product, why is that not enough? If you want 100, 1,000 or a million customers, you first have to get 10.
