Eric Ries Quotes
Start-ups make so many mistakes that the challenge to identify the root cause of a failure is tough. But believing in your own plan is probably the worst.
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My parents never pushed me to ski race. It was my choice and something I really wanted to do. I would have rebelled if they had pushed me, and I wouldn't have had the same passion.
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In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.
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No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't.
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More than anything, I think as our country matures, we recognize that women deserve to be treated with respect and dignity.
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If you can get yourself where you're not afraid of dying, then you can move forward a lot faster.
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My grandparents met each other in amateur theatre. My uncle is an actor.
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There is no more respected or influential forum in the field of journalism than the New York Times. I look forward, with great anticipation, to contributing to its op-ed page.
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If you look at all the vampires in the past, they were sort of decrepit old men. Stephanie Meyers just made it for a new audience. All the vampires are now young men and she describes them as not being ugly.
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I have heard of many tragic cases of walking, talking, normal children who wound up with profound mental disorders after vaccines.
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You always have to be on at times, and occasionally people get upset if you say no to a picture when you're eating dinner or something, and that's kind of the hard part. Or if you get crazy rumors that swirl around you from time to time that are just silly.
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Ford was warm and friendly. He wouldn't embarrass a Cabinet member.
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From a population point of view, it's actually very important that as few people as possible get the flu. People getting the flu is not a private matter. The risk for healthy people is really about your friends and neighbors and fellow travelers.
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Those shows I did with Queen were pretty surreal. I was really excited and super-flattered, but intimidated at the same time.
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Some people try to cyber bully me; they try to get to me with words, but that doesn't really work.
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We're going to do something that's really unprecedented in the industry by launching the console in all three major markets for the same holiday. It's never been done before.
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'Born this Way' is about being yourself, and loving who you are and being proud.
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As athletes, most of the time we deal with fans cussing at us, saying how much we suck.
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Basketball is my favorite sport, and I'm also a very passionate football fan.
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I guess I do have a childlike sense of fun, and although I still have my dark days, I'm generally an optimistic person. The way things have gone in my life, sure, I could have been a bitter person. But I just find bitter people really un-fun, you know? And who wants to be that person?
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The mental is more important than the physical. You know, that voice in your head telling you to give up if it gets tough. That's my main opponent - making sure that if your body wants to stop, your mind won't let you.
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'I cannot define failure because I don't believe in failure. There is no failure in my book. All I see is success, directed by the Spirit of God.'
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I encourage all players to work to be their best, which includes looking for opportunities beyond the playing field.
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It's very hard to write humor.
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Start-ups make so many mistakes that the challenge to identify the root cause of a failure is tough. But believing in your own plan is probably the worst.
