Eric Ries Quotes
A lot of entrepreneurs hate big companies. But if you hate them so much, why are you trying to build a new one? The truth is, as soon as a startup has any kind of success whatsoever, it will face big company problems.
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I like the diversity that my children are exposed to every day.
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I can't help but care about the rights of the people I used to shower with.
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In thinking about it, the villains often have a little bit more range because their morality is different. You can have just a really good time as an actor, and there is just more there that you can explore on that side of the story.
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I'm not a professional politician, I'm a problem solver.
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I think generally, in life, I try to always ensure that there are periodic moments where I do venture out of my comfort zone, because that's what keeps you alive. That's what keeps you from getting stale.
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They cannot divide us by saying that you're middle class or you're lower class.
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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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War criminals in the U.S. and Israel are not punished: no international court has the courage to put them on trial.
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One day, I want to make a PG film.
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The best history is but like the art of Rembrandt; it casts a vivid light on certain selected causes, on those which were best and greatest; it leaves all the rest in shadow and unseen.
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It gets to whether we're a teacher-education model or a movement for social justice. I would say we're about the latter.
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I'm pretty goofy. I really do like to sing and dance in real life. I'm a rhythmic person. I love comedy; I love making people laugh. That's my brand.
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You could be a kid for as long as you want when you play baseball.
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Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking.
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I heard the hiss and felt the blessed numbness spreading. If there is a God, I thought, it’s a painkiller.
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Iraq's invasion of Kuwait defies every principle for which the United Nations stands. If we let it succeed, no small country can ever feel safe again. The law of the jungle would take over from the rule of law.
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I don't have the freaking energy to write a memo. I'm out there saving lives.
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I don't believe in paying for sex. Which is why I'll never again pay for a woman's dinner.
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With beauty, I just try to get as much sleep as possible. I might have a nice hot bath and moisturise with coconut oil.
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Women do love each other; this whole women-against-each other, 'Dynasty' thing... we're not all after each other.
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The thing is, I think as a director or a writer or whatever, you have to have a vision. And you have to be maybe sometimes too early, somewhere.
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The story of American wrestling at its greatest is the story of its most illustrious champion, Frank Gotch. He dominated the field. Through his extraordinary ability, he gained for wrestling many converts. It was Gotch's victories over the hitherto invincible Hackenschmidt that made him the post popular mat star in America and started a movement among college men to take up wrestling.
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A lot of entrepreneurs hate big companies. But if you hate them so much, why are you trying to build a new one? The truth is, as soon as a startup has any kind of success whatsoever, it will face big company problems.
