Alexis Ohanian Quotes
On my father's side, I'm descended from immigrants, one of whom was a Syrian refugee from the Armenian genocide, and my mother was an immigrant from Germany whose visa had expired and, for a year and change, was undocumented here in the U.S.

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It's better to do a film that works.
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The problem is foster youth don't really have this network that other kids have.
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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When I go a stretch without tweeting, I will occasionally get an email from my mom, checking in. I always find this amusing but also gratifying: Thanks to Twitter, I can keep in touch with my parents and let them in on what I'm doing in a way that even the regular phone calls of a doting daughter can't do.
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I don't really love to perform in music. Some people like it more, but it's not my thing so much, but just the writing, when you get the lyric, and the lyric just goes just the right way, or you find the right bridge that takes you to the solo, and those moments are tremendous, and it's difficult to portray.
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Properties have different characteristics, like companies, and the market throws up more opportunities because it is inefficient.
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The story of civilization is, in a sense, the story of engineering - that long and arduous struggle to make the forces of nature work for man's good.
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Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
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Remember, China is the largest country in the world, so they have the confidence, the capital and resources to create large companies.
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You know, I hate to sound self-involved, but I feel like I haven't peaked yet.
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The old Devil gets mad when you're trying to do good. Pray that God will move the stumbling blocks.
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Dell fills its computers with crapware, collecting fees from McAfee and other vendors to pre-install 'trial' versions.
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In the 19th century, a lot of people were against outlawing child labour, because to do so would be against the very foundations of a free market economy: 'These children want to work, these people want to employ them... what is your problem? It's not as if anyone has kidnapped them...'
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People think that if you have a huge appetite, then you'll be better at it. But actually, it's how you confront the food that is brought to you. You have to be mentally and psychologically prepared.
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You don't get to the highest levels of the sport without having the basics in order.
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Freedom is secured every day by our men and women in uniform. We must build a future worthy of their sacrifice.
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When it comes to college education, American families are paying more and getting less.
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I don't feel that I've had a life of abuse or that I am a victim in any way. My life is pretty typical of a lot of Americans of my generation who grew up in the sixties in families like mine that were sort of unconventional.
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Ever since I was a kid, I've wanted to set a time that nobody can touch for many years.
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Doing business with Cuba is good for America.
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I am committed to protecting our country against the threat of terrorism.
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I love my parents, and I want my mother to be president.
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On my father's side, I'm descended from immigrants, one of whom was a Syrian refugee from the Armenian genocide, and my mother was an immigrant from Germany whose visa had expired and, for a year and change, was undocumented here in the U.S.