Xavier Niel Quotes
Mark Zuckerberg did his own software for Facebook, and Larry Page and Sergey Brin made their own for Google.
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Everybody gets dressed every day, and whatever you decide to get dressed in that morning is communicating something.
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But I did an awful lot of work in Hollywood, and in New York for that matter.
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A lot of writers, especially crime writers, have an image that we think we're trying to keep up with. You've got to be seen as dark and slightly dangerous. But I'm not like that and I've realised that I don't need to put that on. People will buy the books whether they see a photo of you dressed in black or not.
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The odds are not in your favor the older you get, especially if you're a woman in this business.
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Eighteenth-century matrons would have never have dreamed of appointing a redhaired wet nurse for their precious offspring - redheads passed on their horrible characters through their milk.
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I often reread books I have written.
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I care not to debate which came first, Islamism or anti-Muslim bigotry; suffice to say that both feed into each other symbiotically.
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Survival requires us to leave our prejudices at home. It's about doing whatever it takes - and ultimately those with the biggest heart will win.
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L.A.'s not a good place to grow old.
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I think anytime that somebody that works for the government lies, yes, they should be removed.
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Utah's economy stays strong by adhering to conservative fundamental principles: low and consistent tax rates, smaller and more efficient government, sensible regulation, and empowering the private sector to create jobs.
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I had to figure out how to bring the world into my work.
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My parents weren't extremely successful financially, but they were happy people. They gave me confidence.
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All of the religions are looking after the poor. At least leave me alone to look after the rich. I am the rich man's guru.
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Everything that is bad, the falling sickness - God save the mark - or the like, should be at its worst at the full moon. I suppose because it is the leader of the stars.
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From a scientific point of view, our mission is to seek answers to the fundamental questions about the universe. Many are open - we don't know about dark matter, which accounts for a quarter of the universe's matter, nor do we know why there's antimatter.
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Everyone needs some kind of compelling drama in their life, basically.
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We should be individualizing instruction, utilizing that data to actually give teachers the tools necessary to meet the needs of a very diverse group of kids which exists in every class.
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Occasionally it does hit me, the words on a page. And I still love doing that, as I have for the last 60 years.
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If you think your management doesn't know what it's doing or that your organisation turns out low-quality software crap that embarrasses you, then leave.
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I think it's a problem when something's a dream because it'll never live up to your expectations. It's better to go somewhere thinking it'll be horrible, and then be pleasantly surprised.
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I'm the last guy left. That's what happens when you live to 84.
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Mark Zuckerberg did his own software for Facebook, and Larry Page and Sergey Brin made their own for Google.
