Eric Ries Quotes
Entrepreneurs can't forecast accurately, because they are trying something fundamentally new. So they will often be laughably behind plan - and on the brink of success.
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If you are at the top in entertainment, you earn money that you can never justify to ordinary people doing proper jobs. You can't.
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In L.A., you constantly go on auditions, and you're usually not what they're looking for - you get used to going back and back to the same show, and nothing happens.
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I want to help people; that's it.
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We are like a traveling circus, our family! We sing, we dance, we do football, we do fashion.
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Look at misfortune the same way you look at success - Don't Panic! Do you best and forget the consequences.
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One of the things about the '70s films I love - the films 'Nightcrawler' is being compared to, like, 'Taxi Driver' - is that they never put their flawed characters into any one box.
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In a democracy, the well-being, individuality and happiness of every citizen is important for the overall prosperity, peace and happiness of the nation.
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When I watch myself, I see nothing but faults, like, 'This I need to do different, this I need to do different,' and so if there comes a point in time where I'm like, 'Man, this whole thing is just getting really stale,' I am not opposed to being the bad guy again.
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I want to see as many movies as I can and I covet a lot of weird influential movies.
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Next to filmmaking and stuff like that, skiing is my favorite thing. I go skiing in Aspen - everywhere. I have been skiing since I was 4. I just love it. I feel so free.
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I have a record of wanting to make sure that campaigns are open and financing is fair, but it can't just be one sided.
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Jane Campion is a tough director.
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I'm not a great believer in awards-of course the fact that I've never won one has nothing to do with it at all!
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I hope I'm always learning something.
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That's part of the curse: If you're gonna play the song, you better play it. I've tried to phone in 'Jeremy' a few times, and it's tough. It doesn't work.
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The tolls for the maintenance of a high road, cannot with any safety be made the property of private persons.
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See, what we were going to do was say, the Internet is this great business strategy tool.
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I don't really go out that much, if I'm honest. I'm quite a recluse. If I had my way, I'd probably be at home most of the time with a book and a cup of tea or glass of wine.
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People thought I was dead. But I wasn't. I was just directing 'The A-Team.'
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I know well enough in advance that you'll find my paintings perfect. I know that if they are exhibited they'll be a great success, but I couldn't be more indifferent to it since I know they are bad, I'm certain of it.
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The most resonant crimes are the ones in which the victim is most innocent, or perceived as innocent. Blaming the victim is tempting; it offers an out.
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Her message to women and girls of the world You are more powerful than you can possibly imagine. You are more powerful than you can possibly imagine. And it is incumbent upon you to use that power-not only for yourself, but for everyone else around you.
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I was hungry a coupla' times but for the most part I ate every day... I got to go to school for free.
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Entrepreneurs can't forecast accurately, because they are trying something fundamentally new. So they will often be laughably behind plan - and on the brink of success.
