Jeff Bezos Quotes
If you are going to do large-scale invention, you have to be willing to do three things: You must be willing to fail; you have to be willing to think long term; and you have to be willing to be misunderstood for long periods of time.
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I like computers as a tool. I like them as an instrument. I think they're just pretty.
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I think that as you get older, you become aware of everything that could go wrong.
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A fair question could be posed in this fashion: If people are not obeying existing laws, what makes us think they would obey any new laws?
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I think there is some credibility to the notion that marriage is an institution. It meant something very different hundreds of years ago when it became the norm for people to go off and pair.
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I think because Sport Lux has come in and leisure wear is a new thing, girls can sneak in hoodies and leggings and so on where they wouldn't normally - it has been proper legitimate fashion.
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I'm not a very big fan of 'Slumdog Millionaire.' I think it's visually brilliant. But I have problems with the story line. I find the storyline unconvincing.
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I don't think Will does get upstaged because his reaction is always funnier than what is actually happening. That is also the reason Tommy is funnier than Will.
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I think I've written about family and things in 'Taipei' which could be considered Asian culture.
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My grandfather was an autoworker, and I have a weapon he manufactured to protect himself from the company that he would carry to work. It's a big iron pipe with a hunk of lead on the head. I think about how far we've come as companies from those days, where workers had to protect themselves from the company.
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I like to think of myself as a storyteller.
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I like romantic comedy as a genre, but I think it can get stuck in its ways.
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I'm really not worried about what fans think.
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If the coach is good, I don't think a psychologist is needed.
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If I recall correctly, I think I signed my first contract with Tor in 1983.
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I don't think it's an exciting thing to move back in with your parents.
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I think music should be experienced by people all ages.
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I don't see the Hurricanes relocating, period. I think the Triangle is a terrific market.
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Fifty-seven countries in the world, a third of the United Nations, do not recognize Israel. In a way, I think North Korea has better international relations than Israel.
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I did theatre all my life and then went into the film world. I then kind of segued into TV land, which is a different experience.
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We have the tools, but we have to learn how to use them. That is my political philosophy.
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Every day, you get up, and the world is changing; your customers are expecting more from you. Your competitors are putting pressure on you by doing more and trying to beat you here and beat you there.
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Oh what people of God we ought to be; and grace can make us so!
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But this Christ or Redeemer took not upon him the nature of angels, but the seed of Abraham, that is, human nature, that in the nature which sinned he might make the expiation required.
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If you are going to do large-scale invention, you have to be willing to do three things: You must be willing to fail; you have to be willing to think long term; and you have to be willing to be misunderstood for long periods of time.
