Patrick M. Byrne Quotes
We know that flat and non-hierarchical systems use information best. I've tried to do that with my own company because it works better that way. And society at large will work better as well if we can get rid of these old institutions and hierarchies. New innovations like the block chain can make this possible.
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The world is always in movement.
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Honestly speaking, I don't like my films. When I watch them, I see a lot of scope for improvement, so if I were to see any of my films, like 'Dhoom,' I might say... 'It would have been better if...' or 'had it been...' and this is all about evolving.
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Throughout my Enterprise career, I have been primarily operationally focused.
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I want to be an animated character. I'm also doing more writing and directing.
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I have to be on such a strict diet constantly.
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When you write, you don't have the social constraints of having people in front of you, so you talk about abstract matters.
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A lot of my work is about equalizing things and kind of destroying any barrier between what's high and low, or what's deep or what's shallow, complex or simple. I hope I'm ever-changing.
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Even with my wife, I find sharing soup is hard.
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I'm never doing anything by rote. I'm only on thin ice, and I think that that's a good place to be. I feel like when you push yourself like that, the rewards can be pretty great.
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Live rich, die poor; never make the mistake of doing it the other way round.
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Kids have a great sense of humour. If you don't, you're going to miss out.
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In the final analysis this congressional race is always going to be a close race, whether there's a presidential race or governor's race or not. But is this a better year? Yes, this would probably be a better year.
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My sculptures cause an uproar, astonishment, and put a smile on your face.
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You don't send a man to his death because you want a hero.
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And I'm not an actress. I don't think I am an actress. I think I've created a brand and a business.
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I've found that the most engaging and satisfying author events I've done are with other people, where the conversation is spontaneous. I think that is by far the better way to introduce and promote a book.
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As the platform and protocol become more ingrained in society, get built into products and services, and basically become more of the mesh of society, just like the Internet, companies and people will need to own Bitcoin to play on its rails.
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There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we've got a system that allows them to do it.
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I wish I had had a great disappointment, a real one.
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Making music has gotten easier; selling it has gotten harder. Making music has been democratized, but the market is in the hands of fascists.
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Socialists do not propose to substitute the domination of society by one privileged class for that of another. They seek to abolish class distinctions altogether. The abolition of classes is fundamental to the Socialist conception of society.
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Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is the result of good work habits.
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Many of our deepest motives come, not from an adult logic of how things work in the world, but out of something that is frozen from childhood.
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We know that flat and non-hierarchical systems use information best. I've tried to do that with my own company because it works better that way. And society at large will work better as well if we can get rid of these old institutions and hierarchies. New innovations like the block chain can make this possible.
