Bill Gates Quotes
There were a lot of missteps in the early days, but because we got in early we got to make more mistakes than other people.
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From age 16, I lived and breathed wine. I read every magazine and book about wine.
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Being at school, being who I am, being an athlete, it was hard to find people like me. There's not many athletes that can be at my level. That was kind of hard finding people who love something so much they want to keep on doing it.
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The problem is not simply that the Singularity represents the passing of humankind from center stage, but that it contradicts our most deeply held notions of being.
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I believe there is little to gain by exchanging opinions with other artists concerning either the ideology of art or technical methods.
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The teaching thing, the one where I have to impart my knowledge, is probably what comes the least naturally to me because I'm an absorber of things.
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It's always been my dream to do a dance scene with Anthony Hopkins.
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The great champions were always vicious competitors. You never lose respect for a man who is a vicious competitor, and you never hate a man you respect. I don't like Rod Laver because he's such a vicious competitor, but I don't dislike him.
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Over half of the traffic that flows over our networks is coming from video. As you think about a business that is going to be video centric and video focused, you want to have scale on the video programming side to be able to take advantage of this.
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People call me a hermit. But I'm happy.
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I had phenomenal parents. They kept me very grounded, and I lived a normal life.
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Every state that addresses climate change emboldens the others, just as shifting public attitudes embolden politicians and, arguably, the court system.
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If you've been massive and it's all slid away, you tend to get written off. It's quite difficult to overcome that, which is why I've got this problem with nostalgia.
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I stay away from things that I know break me out - I am weirdly allergic to mango and almonds. I take evening primrose and supplements that have EFA fatty acids in them to just balance out my hormones and skin, and I take a lot of vitamin C. I drink a lot of water, try to eat really organic, and try to eat things that benefit my skin.
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Avon is a unique place to work; we've got family-friendly policies. We have more senior women in high-level management than any other company; 46 percent of our officers are women.
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I think whenever you have a common goal with someone, you're going to bond. It's really hard to get two people together and be like, 'Hey guys, why don't you just bond!' But if you say, 'Listen, I need you guys to build this house, or I need you to do this or I need you to make this movie,' you'll get to work and you'll get close.
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I would say my greatest achievement in life right now - my greatest achievement period is - and I'm still trying to achieve it - is to be a wonderful father to my kids.
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I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.
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The music in my family has always been there; it's been quite an obvious trait that seems to have trickled down the bloodline.
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New York, you got money on your mind. And my words won't make a dime's worth a difference, so here's to you New York.
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She had almost dared ask, but was perhaps too fearful of hearing something she could not refute.
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I'm not an investor in Meerkat, sadly, or, Periscope - I missed both of those - however, I do have a lot of inside information.
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I love Europe even though I'm based in the U.S.
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There were a lot of missteps in the early days, but because we got in early we got to make more mistakes than other people.
