Xavier Niel Quotes
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I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did.
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It's always fun teasing the person. When they ask if I'm gay, I say, 'Oh, I don't know.'
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I've done comedy most of my career, which I love, but I wanted to expand.
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Craig Newmark looks like the kind of guy who would help you move your apartment, sell your furniture, get a job, or help you find that cute girl you saw on the subway.
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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
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I worry about people who sell out to chase fame because when they get it, it might not be so satisfying.
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When the Islamic revolution began in 1979 under the leadership of Ayatollah Khomeini, it aroused considerable admiration in the Arab street. It presented a model of organised popular action that deposed one of the region's most tyrannical regimes. The people of the region discerned in this revolution new hope for freedom and change.
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There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man.
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It is possible that blondes also prefer gentlemen.
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I was taking my first uncertain steps towards writing for children when my own were young. Reading aloud to them taught me a great deal when I had a great deal to learn. It taught me elementary things about rhythm and pace, the necessary musicality of text.
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The main problem is that for a boycott to be effective, you must first persuade thousands - maybe even millions of others - to go along, which is a lot of work and usually not successful.
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I never predicted that I'd be a comedian, but it was something that came so naturally to me. I just felt good doing it.
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In Iran, fundamentalism was fuelled to an extent by the regime of the Shah being supported by the West.
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I was raised a Christian. I'd like to think I have Christian values. I don't attend church.
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Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
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In trying to scramble out of a hole, it sometimes digs it deeper.
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Farmers in Missouri and across the country must comply with a variety of federal, state, and local regulations as they grow the crops and raise the livestock that we depend on to feed the nation and the world.
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I want to play a psycho, something more challenging than just 'the girlfriend' part.
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I was very unsure about what I wanted to do in high school.
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I see a lot of opportunity in Internet-related start-ups, and second is the solar business.
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You who build these altars now to sacrifice these children, you must not do it anymore. A scheme is not a vision and you never have been tempted by a demon or a god.
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I tend to gravitate toward ballads and mid-tempo songs.
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Straightway is a power word. Straightway is an action word. It means immediately, without delay or hesitation. It means at once. Also, it is associated with having no curve or turn-a straight course, track, or path. Procrastination would be the very opposite of straightway. To procrastinate is to put off intentionally and habitually something that should be done. Procrastination is unproductive delay.
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A free, analytical and questioning press must be helped survive.
