Eric Ries Quotes
I actually believed if you work hard enough it was inevitable you'd succeed. Then I lived the 'Social Network' movie, but only the first half. The hardest part is the grueling work of constantly being wrong.
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I quite like the drama of an encore. I think an encore is for those artists who are inclined to do dramatic gestures, and I certainly would say I am inclined towards them.
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Hair is a huge part of who I am and what I obsess over - I've had long hair my entire life.
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What is politics? Political system is equal to development politics plus political politics.
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I love 'Annie Hall'; I will always come back to that film again and again. Diane Keaton has been such an inspiration to me. She always brings humour, but complexity, and I love watching her on screen. She's got real charisma.
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I studied chord theory and started playing the piano.
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Team members have to hold each other accountable. If there's a meeting, all members have to commit to be present and to help one another; they can't just check out when they feel they're not getting any benefits.
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A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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I find the whole disdain for ageing crazy.
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I don't want to live in a nanny state where people are telling me where I can go and what I can do.
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Every designer needs a story. Mine is all about glamour because my family has been in the business of glamour for three generations. My grandfather Shamshuddin Khan started his embroidery and fabric-making business in the 1930s.
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At the age of 16, my father's father dropped dead of a heart attack. And I think it changed the course of his life, and he became fascinated with death. He then became a medical doctor and obviously fought death tooth and nail for his patients.
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Netflix is something I watch.
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At the beginning of the week, when we do our game planning, we look at the opponent and all the unique things they do.
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People don't know what to do when writing a story with teens that takes place now - they think you have to make a bunch of references to Facebook.
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I don't need to impress children.
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I associate the truest spirit of Christmas with certain years when I had to spend it at my parents' house as an adult who had, presumably, escaped.
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My absolute favorite food of all time is alpaca.
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The poet is a brother speaking to a brother of 'a moment of their other lives' - a moment that had been buried beneath the dust of the busy world.
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I've always dreamed of having a year-round haunted house.
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The way James Franco goes to new projects, he does it the way an artist should, which is with a question mark. Like, will this work?
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I could play everything but could never take a lead. My brain just doesn't work like that.
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I'm even flattered! It's what success is like. I'm happy I seem unreal to them, it means I'm doing a good job.
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When I do a mix tape for my kids, for my friends, for my lover, I meticulously choose the tracks, and it's beautiful. And when they are alone they think of me - and when I am alone I think of them.
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I actually believed if you work hard enough it was inevitable you'd succeed. Then I lived the 'Social Network' movie, but only the first half. The hardest part is the grueling work of constantly being wrong.
