Bill Gates Quotes
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It's not just about achieving success; the journey is equally important for me.
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What's happened in my career is probably fate and good luck.
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When 'Watchmen' was published in 1986, the vast majority of comics readers deemed it a watershed in comics history. The 12-part serial comic book was widely acclaimed as a genius subversion of the superhero genre, and it did much to popularize comics to adults.
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Companies, as they grow to become multi-billion-dollar entities, somehow lose their vision. They insert lots of layers of middle management between the people running the company and the people doing the work. They no longer have an inherent feel or a passion about the products. The creative people, who are the ones who care passionately, have to persuade five layers of management to do what they know is the right thing to do.
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People really do think they have to choose between high stress and high reward jobs, and low stress and low reward jobs.
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No work is "most important." Or, put differently, all work is important but work done poorly becomes most important.
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My father didn't know his last name. My father got his last name from his grandfather, and his grandfather got it from his grandfather who got it from the slavemaster.
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With 'Wicked,' I was stepping into a role that I didn't make so that felt like I had more boundaries then I did with 'Carousel.'
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Because I'd grown up with this singular focus on sports, I just kind of did that with acting. That became an obsession. How am I going to make it? How am I going to figure that out?
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I always want to win because I never want to sit out on the sidelines outside.
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I've definitely been in relationships where I've given too much, and I've been in relationships where I haven't given enough. I think it's a work in progress. I have to find that person where it clicks.
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The Beatles had an influence on everybody. You have to realize what an incredible explosion the Beatles were.
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My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions.
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Journalism classes would have been interesting to me.
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I set out to have a diverse staff on the 'Bernie Mac Show.'
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Security guys break the Mac every single day. Every single day, they come out with a total exploit, your machine can be taken over totally.
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If I had never dropped in on that single course in college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts. And since Windows just copied the Mac, it's likely that no personal computer would have them. If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped in on this calligraphy class, and personal computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do. Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college. But it was very, very clear looking backward 10 years later.
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I get asked a lot why Apple's customers are so loyal. It's not because they belong to the Church of Mac! That's ridiculous.
