Bill Gates Quotes
I set a rule that people weren't allowed to send good news unless they sent around an equal amount of bad news. We had to get a balanced picture. In fact, I kind of favored just hearing about the accounts we were losing because ... bad news is generally more actionable than good news.
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I believe the collapse of the House of Windsor is tied in with the collapse of the Church of England.
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In terms of 'Seinfeld', I think there's lot of reality in a show that's supposed to be about nothing.
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Hold puppies, kittens, and babies anytime you get the chance.
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Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.
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If it weren't for how esoteric the art world likes to be, I would love actually to play the music in the shows, painting the music that influences me most.
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I never look at how many songs I have or how many girls are there in a movie. If I like my character, I play it.
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When people get things for free, they tend to not take them as seriously.
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My father always says that heroism is in the Pashtun DNA.
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The Fourth of July should be celebrated with big hearts.
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Fans will express themselves. We will always have the best security possible, as we always do. And I hope that Cleveland and the fans, you would hope that everybody keeps it to a certain level, because anything you do that crosses the line isn't going to look bad for anybody but the franchise and Cleveland.
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There are a lot of historical novelists who do the research about the clothes and maybe even the eating utensils, but they're basically taking modern people and putting them in old drag - it's sort of the 'Gone With the Wind' approach.
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Danzon is my favorite Cuban music, played by a traditional string orchestra with flute and piano. It's very formally structured but romantic music, which derives from the French-Haitian contradance.
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That's the miracle of fiction. I use it to spray on certain moments or places from my youth.
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Winning a ring is everybody's goal, whether you're a player or a coach.
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Food that's served at the table in a paper parcel always creates a remarkable culinary moment when opened, because the package is full of aromatic steam from the lightly cooked ingredients inside.
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But the Queen has no such veto; She must sign her own death-warrant if the two Houses unanimously send it up to her.
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The sucker’s trap is when you focus on what you know and what others don’t know, rather than the reverse.
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A novelist has more talent for written than oral assignments.
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As much as Id love to be a successful actor, the thought of being recognised in the street is petrifying.
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It was endlessly entertaining, watching people beat each other up. All the little kids in the neighborhood would come and watch... and then we'd beat them up as well.
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Expectations are a form of first-class truth: If people believe it, it's true.
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The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.
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Reason wishes that the judgement it gives be just; anger wishes that the judgement it has given seem to be just.
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I set a rule that people weren't allowed to send good news unless they sent around an equal amount of bad news. We had to get a balanced picture. In fact, I kind of favored just hearing about the accounts we were losing because ... bad news is generally more actionable than good news.
