Andrew Mason Quotes
I never thought of myself as an entrepreneur before I started this. I just like to build things.
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As soon as one project is finished I like to go straight on to something else.
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We must defend what we have achieved so far.
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When I was little, we had a Golden Book that had all these Disney characters in one portrait on the first page. My dad used to read from it every night. We'd play this game of find Pluto or find Donald Duck. He'd read us stories and do all the voices. Those are great memories.
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Religion has caused more harm than any other idea since the beginning of time. There's nothing good I can say about it. People use it as a crutch.
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As long as there have been elections, there have been attempts to keep eligible people from voting.
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There are one hundred men seeking security to one able man who is willing to risk his fortune.
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I love any excuse to come to New York - when it's not February.
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Women and girls, men and boys all share the right to live free of violence, which is, unfortunately, experienced by both men and women. Women and girls, however, disproportionately experience violence due to a deeply rooted global culture of gender discrimination.
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In the face of excruciating pain and uncertainty, I never lost hope, and it never occurred to me to stop fighting - not ever.
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I certainly had no intention of playing a man.
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Once you get the right image the details aren't that important.
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I'd never played a character as long as I played Poussey. Spending time with her, so much time embodying that character, it was so - and still is and always will be - so special to me and a part of who I am.
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I value my privacy a lot.
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I am mean as cats' meat about handbags: mine don't ever look chic. I always prefer bags that aren't made of leather.
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My parents wanted me to solace them for sorrows they denied having had.
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I made my name and reputation DJing in hip-hop clubs in New York. 'Celebrity DJ' is a term that I hated. To me a celebrity DJ is someone that's on 'Big Brother' or in some kind of B-movie who gets a gig to DJ even though they're not talented enough to do it.
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There comes a point with any collaboration like that where you start having other interests creatively. I was moving in one direction musically, and as a guitar player, Mark wanted to move in another direction. That was essentially the reason we broke up.
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Everything I do is a matter of heart, body and soul.
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I've never been a movie buff. If I did go to a theatre to watch a film, half the time, I would fall asleep.
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The Mafia is a question every time an Italian raises his head.
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Don't depend on other people to be responsible for you. Don't make yourself stressed out over nonsensical things like material things.
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Steve Jobs is the most epic entrepreneur of all time. He served as a guiding light for any emerging businessperson who wanted to learn how things should get done. He'll be looked at as one of the best business leaders of all time, and certainly one of the best tech entrepreneurs.
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I'm not really sure where it comes from, but every time I meet someone who says 'I really want to be an entrepreneur' but has no idea what they want to do, I really just think: 'This person is totally aimless.'
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I never thought of myself as an entrepreneur before I started this. I just like to build things.
