Bill Gates Quotes
In three years, every product my company makes will be obsolete. The only question is whether we will make them obsolete or somebody else will.
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No Catalan citizen and no Catalan company will leave the E.U. That is evident, and nobody can dispute it.
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Here's the thing: I left Ion Storm and Eidos in the spring of 2004 frankly because I felt out of place at that company.
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You can always think that we're old and not innovative, but there is no company that can limp on for 139 years without being creative and having the genes to change.
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Anyone can wear any color. The question is about finding the right shade. There is a momentary trend to dark colors because when the financials are not that great, people go for black, navy and grey.
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When there's an authentic mystery, as opposed to just a question being asked, that's what makes you lean forward.
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The question of boundaries is a major question of the Jewish people because the Jews are the great experts of crossing boundaries. They have a sense of identity inside themselves that doesn't permit them to cross boundaries with other people.
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Many young adults I have communicated with - both in-person and over email - constantly apologize before stating their idea, or finish each sentence with a question. Unfortunately, doing so in business puts you at an immediate disadvantage with your boss and work colleagues.
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If government were a product, selling it would be illegal.
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I pretty much only wear Lilly Pulitzer ties because my best friend owns the company.
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Bofors was a steelmaker that became a forgings company and then went on to build guns. Companies like Krupp and Thyssen were in steel and forgings before entering defence. There are similar examples in the U.K.; it is a natural progression.
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I do not question the power of our weapons and the efficiency of our logistics; I cannot say these things delight me as they seem to delight some of our officials, but they are certainly impressive.
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What I see now is the consumerisation of IT. I don't want my company to tell me that I have to use a BlackBerry or I have to use a Windows phone. I just want to use the phone I want and have it all work.
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Going to work for a large company is like getting on a train. Are you going sixty miles an hour or is the train going sixty miles an hour and you're just sitting still?
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I do believe in standing for something more than just a product.
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We need to question technology to insure that markets continue to perform their fundamental purposes.
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The question of what it is to live an 'authentic life', that's a complicated one.
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I'm interested in how we react when we're heavily pressed. When we're vulnerable and our survival is in question, how do we behave?
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If you do not know how to ask the right question, you discover nothing.
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'I seek the meaning of existence.' said the stranger. 'You are of course, assuming.' said the Master, 'that existence has a meaning.' 'Doesn't it?' 'When you experience existence as it is - not as you think it is - you will discover that your question has no meaning.'
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I had never thought that I would be involved in narrative structures. As a young guy, I was more interested in abstract modeling. But as I got older, I began to see that there was no reason to limit myself to any intellectual or conceptual postulate, when in fact I'm a professional student of music.
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Compassion is good but politicians have turned compassion into the welfare state.
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It takes a lot of time to get experience, and once you have it you ought to go on using it.
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In three years, every product my company makes will be obsolete. The only question is whether we will make them obsolete or somebody else will.
