Ben Silbermann Quotes
I was obsessed with this idea that these things that you collect, they just say so much about who you are. I can't say it came from hard-nosed business analysis... It was just something I really want to see built.
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I worked three and then six hours a day in my studio with strict discipline and emotion. I obtained awards usually granted to other foreigners during the end-of-year admission tests.
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I have made enough money to secure my family and that is all I care about.
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I'm cranky.
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I'm a paleoanthropologist, and my job is to define man's place in nature and explore what makes us human.
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I've got asthma. When I was 17 I forgot to take my medication and was taken to a hospital for almost two weeks. After that I've taken better care of my illness.
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Corporations take the humanity out of trade - they take the happiness out and replace it with something that is ugly.
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When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.
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I resent ever being stereotyped.
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I want to be scared. I want to keep taking insane risks. I want to be scared because you're going to grow through that whether you want to or not. I don't want to play the same guy. I want to keep throwing curveballs to you guys and keep telling stories.
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Usually, historical revelations come from days of legwork, ploughing through piles of letters and papers in archives or even private homes, looking for the telling phrase or letter that someone else has missed.
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I'm not on Twitter, and I don't read the papers day to day, so I am somewhat protected. There's this weird separation between your private and public persona.
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In our recovery package we put new standards of accountability and transparency, which we hope will now apply.
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'Dhruva' will have them glued to their seats throughout, and I'm sure of that.
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My normal life is like being on holiday.
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I came back to do a live concert. Nobody had done that before and I know my managers were worried.
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The voters in District 8 shared our vision that Washington is broken, and we're going to go up there and fix it.
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I've got some gift for languages. You follow your gift. But Latin's not easy.
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There's always a mismatch between small entrepreneurial outfits and large companies, which often don't have the same outlook.
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Yes, free markets tend to produce unequal incomes. We should not be ashamed of that. On the contrary, our system is the envy of the world and should be a source of pride.
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Be present. Be meditative. Form real friendships. Stay away from business networking events or friendships where there is always an underlying business angle.
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For whatever reason somebody can be convinced to buy a PC, it opens up a whole new market for all of us in the software business.
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I drive a Yukon Flex Fuel, and there's baby seats in the back.
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I was obsessed with this idea that these things that you collect, they just say so much about who you are. I can't say it came from hard-nosed business analysis... It was just something I really want to see built.
