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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I feel quite fearless protecting the people I love.
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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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The fear factor actually brings the genuineness.
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Failure is nature's plan to prepare you for great responsibilities.
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I do love my wine. I'd opt to drink my calories rather than eat them every time, so I cut out the breads, potatoes, pastas, cheeses and desserts in an effort to get my healthy angel and unhealthy demon to compromise.
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I did a lot of violent junk just because I needed the money - alimony movies, you might call them - and then I decided to start turning down the junk scripts and wait for something better, no matter how long.
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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.
