Eric Ries Quotes
Start-up success is not a consequence of good genes or being in the right place at the right time. Success can be engineered by following the right process, which means it can be learned, which means it can be taught.
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I like the diversity that my children are exposed to every day.
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I am very happy my Olympic dream has come true.
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I believe marriage is between a man and a woman. I am not in favor of gay marriage. But when you start playing around with constitutions, just to prohibit somebody who cares about another person, it just seems to me that's not what America's about. Usually, our constitutions expand liberties, they don't contract them.
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Acting is an odd lifestyle. You make deep bonds quickly and, though you move on, you go around on a loop and see people again.
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For many years, the government of Canada has massively supported orchestras and the arts in general.
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Running for office was definitely something I've thought about. When I was younger, I wanted to major in political science. And I've been engaged in current events since I was a kid. If I can make a difference and feel passionately and capable, then I would. Why not?
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I don't wish anybody ill, I really don't. I've got a lot of faults, but I was never jealous or envious or... it's a waste of time.
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The brunette phase just came about because I was fed up with this 'Blonde Angel Image'. The rebel in me demanded a new color.
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When I was young, I had this contrarian thing, and my music for a long time was an extension of that. I didn't want to entertain people; I had too much vanity to be an entertainer. I think that some layers of vanity came off.
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The secret is to make sure your family comes before anything else, because no matter what you do you've got to come home.
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I've made club songs, and I've made radio songs, and I've made the car songs.
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The great fun for me is these collaborators. I'm nothing by myself. Being with these people, whether it's the 'Homeland' cast or stage collaborators, they make you everything you are. They make you come to work. They make you be alive.
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Few things are more enjoyable than lingering over the atlas and plotting a trip.
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Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.
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We Belgians love when we can go to L.A. because the city is amazing and the climate is fantastic.
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Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.
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You might call me an accidental entrepreneur.
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Guns are evil! And very little good comes from the availability of a bullet designed to kill human beings!
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Acting? No, it is not for me. I would be terrible.
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The government should set a goal for a clean environment but not mandate how that goal should be implemented.
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Ruth, incidentally, was only the third or fourth donor I got to choose.
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When I did have some success, it further emboldens you to be like, 'No, I'm just going to write what I feel I should write.'
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Our treasure is what we fear losing, and I fear that we fear losing our treasure. We are lovers of money.
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Start-up success is not a consequence of good genes or being in the right place at the right time. Success can be engineered by following the right process, which means it can be learned, which means it can be taught.
