Ben Silbermann Quotes
The whole reason Pinterest exists is to help people discover the things that they love and then go take action on them, and a lot of the things they take action on are tied to commercial intent.Ben Silbermann
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A mathematician, like a painter or poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they are made with ideas.
G. H. Hardy -
I took my acting very seriously. I did over 40 films, and naturally, some of them were called B-movies because the woman was at the top of the billing. Women couldn't star in their own movies.
Mamie Van Doren -
There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.
E. B. White -
My neighbors think I do nothing because I don't go to a job, which is fine and good.
Rachel Kushner -
I think good radio often uses the techniques of fiction: characters, scenes, a big urgent emotional question. And as in the best fiction, tone counts for a lot.
Ira Glass -
When I was a kid, I had two great guilty pleasures. One was horror movies and the other was martial arts movies.
M. Night Shyamalan
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
Fernando Botero -
Gun owners and non-gun owners alike agree on expanding background checks, making gun trafficking a serious crime with stiff penalties, making it illegal for all stalkers and all domestic abusers to buy guns, and expanding mental health resources so the mentally ill find it easier to receive treatment than to buy firearms.
Gabrielle Giffords -
Ending wars is very simple if you surrender.
P. J. O'Rourke -
To be honest, as an actor, job security is not a trait.
Taylor Kinney -
It's quite absurd to act against a smoke creature that is not there.
Carice van Houten -
Booksellers are the bartenders of the reading world. People share thoughts and interests they keep private from others in their lives.
Victor LaValle
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My family didn't have any money growing up. I'm just a girl from the ghetto; from Indio, California.
Vanessa Marcil -
Sometimes the only way you can feel good about yourself is by making someone else look bad. And I'm tired of making other people feel good about themselves.
Dan Castellaneta -
Moderate doesn't mean that you're a wimp - far from it. It means that you've chosen a path because you believe that's the only way for global harmony and peace.
Najib Razak -
So I felt, well, I'll make the money and, with the money, do what I want to do.
Jackie Cooper -
When I was living in New York, there was a lot of screaming in my life. I would just get into these altercations all the time. Being in public, dealing with shopkeepers, just trying to cross the street - things like that.
Larry David -
I love my parents. Coming out to them was sort of coming out to myself. I educated them, and I wanted our relationship to keep growing. I wanted them to be a part of my life still. I wanted to be able to share with them what I was going through.
Randy Harrison
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My looks vary, but I definitely think about it and plan. I like to shop, too, so I'm always mixing it up. But normally, I'll be wearing something like a college T-shirt and a sweater, something like that. But I definitely have to plan.
J. R. Smith -
People smile at me as if they know me. I just smile back. They probably might know me.
Jim Broadbent -
The people excited by ambitious demagogues, sooner or later return into the hands of the Aristocracy.
Napoleon Bonaparte -
Young men should prove theorems, old men should write books.
G. H. Hardy -
Play the Reverse gossip game. See how many nice things you can say behind someones back.
Bob Burg -
The whole reason Pinterest exists is to help people discover the things that they love and then go take action on them, and a lot of the things they take action on are tied to commercial intent.
Ben Silbermann