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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My life is so much better with lupus because I know that stress and too much junk food will literally put me in hospital.
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In the old days, when you took out a mortgage, it was probably through a local bank or a credit union, and whoever gave you your loan held on to it for life. If you lost your job or got too sick to work and suddenly had trouble making your payments, you could call a human being and work things out.
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The story of trying to live up to the myth is more interesting than the myth itself.
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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.
