Xavier Niel Quotes
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It's very hard to be an innovator at the highest level in any discipline. For some chefs it's merely about combining ingredients, but that's something you can do with your eyes closed.
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How about a little noise. How do you expect a man to putt?
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When you're not under a 'series regular' contract, and other jobs come up, you try to juggle everything.
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In Yellowstone National Park, there are more 'do not feed the animals' signs than there are animals you might wish to feed.
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When life knocks you down, keep getting up.
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You'll probably find most models are incredibly insecure about their bodies.
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With the price of life these days, you've got to get everything for free you can.
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When you are dining with a demon, you got to have a long spoon.
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I've just come back from Mississippi and over there when you talk about the West Bank they think you mean Arkansas.
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One thing I hear a lot is, 'Dude, my mom loves your record,' or 'I got it for my dad for Christmas.' I'm essentially doing dad rock. Which is great, because I love Steely Dan, you know? Nothing wrong with dad rock!
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You can't hate Britney Spears because, you know what, no matter what Britney Spears been doing, she's still on TV.
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What you pay for an investment is the single biggest determinant for how successful that investment will be. When equity prices are high, your returns will be lower. When they are cheap, your returns will be higher.
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You don't despair about something like the Middle East, you just do the best you can.
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If you have a happy home, everything is sorted, I guess.
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I know the fact that I was born means I have to die, so my only aim is to reach out and help someone along the way.
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Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them.
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If you don't love something, it's not functional, in my opinion.
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A novel is like a sausage. You might like the final taste but you don't want to see how it was made.
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I'm sensitive, you know, about some things, and as some of my partners could attest to, incredibly insensitive.
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I felt bad to have to get divorced. I wasn't proud of that.
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I can't really have any friends. It's sad, really. It's lonely. But that's how I am.
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Someone asked me the other day what it feels like to see all my 'old stuff' reappearing, at long last, in digital. And I had to smile because to me it doesn't feel like 'old stuff.'
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If you know how to make software, then you can create big things.