Ben Silbermann Quotes
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I've always loved to dress up a bit and show off.
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When companies get big, they slow down. They're not as exciting. If you want to get something done, it takes a lot of time and a lot of meetings.
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Women I admired growing up - Debra Winger, Diane Keaton, Meryl Streep - were all beautiful and thin, but not too thin. There are a lot of actresses who are unhealthy-skinny - much, much too skinny. You can't Pilates to that.
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Throughout American history many of our social gains and much of our progress toward democracy were made possible by the active intervention of the federal government.
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All true happiness, pure joy, sweet bounties, and untroubled pleasure lie in knowledge of God and love of God; they cannot exist without them.
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At my father's request I took up the study of law at the University of Zurich In 1863.
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But I was very, very unhappy because my mother was very charming and generous, but to me, very dominating.
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No policy that does not rest upon some philosophical public opinion can be permanently maintained.
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Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant.
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It's a touchy subject, but as a Southerner, you can't ignore our history any more than a Renaissance painter can ignore the Virgin Mary. And it's impossible to drive down a road or eat a vegetable or pass a church without being reminded of slavery.
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I am a compulsive and concise shopper.
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I read the newspaper avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction.
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In the total darkness, poetry is still there, and it is there for you.
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People assuming that because I'm a great athlete, I can dance. But no. My rhythm is off a little bit.
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The basic principle is I command, and my employees carry it out immediately.
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If you put a ten dollar bill under the rug instead of spending it, that is capital formation. It represents ten dollars' worth of something that might have been immediately consumed, but wasn't.
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I love working on films and I'd love to do some interesting work, but if somebody asked me, 'Would you like 'Human Target' to continue to be picked up?' The answer is 'Absolutely!' I love working on this show. I love playing Guerrero. I love seeing where it's going.
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I hope that people learn from my mistake and I hope that the fans forgive me.
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There are still Negro elites. Many of them are obviously much richer, and perhaps a little more integrated into what remains a white power structure. But those old rituals from the social clubs, to the broadly segregated white and black schools, to an obsessive interest in ancestry, all of that does still exist. Look: we are a class-bound society.
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I feel blessed that I was gifted.
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When Obama was first proposed as a presidential candidate in 2007, the nation failed to have a meaningful debate concerning the serious constitutional issue of electing someone whose father was not a U.S. citizen.
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A good game gives us meaningful accomplishment - clear achievement that we don't necessarily get from real life. In a game, you've beaten level four, the boss monster is dead, you have a badge, and now you have a super laser sword. Real life isn't like that, right?
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Our most meaningful conversations go on late at night when we're on the phone with our friends or talking to our lovers.
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