Jeff Bezos Quotes
If you decide that you're going to do only the things you know are going to work, you're going to leave a lot of opportunity on the table.
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I hadn't watched any Hitchcock movies when I made 'Tom at the Farm,' except for 'Vertigo' when I was 8 years old. I don't have a sophisticated film knowledge, but I have seen the legacy of classic movies in broader entertainment.
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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Iowa has sent notice that the Republican nominee for the next president of the United States will not be chosen by the media. Will not be chosen by the Washington establishment. Will not be chosen by the lobbyists. But will be chosen by the most incredible powerful force, where all sovereignty resides in our nation by we the people.
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Civilization is merely an advance in taste: accepting, all the time, nicer things, and rejecting nasty ones.
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A company's logo can be a visual ambassador, one that goes on everything from business cards to delivery trucks. When used effectively, it can be the window into the soul of a brand.
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Pictures must not be too picturesque.
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I only know that I fired twice, or perhaps several times, without knowing whether I had hit or missed.
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Without doubt, machinery has greatly increased the number of well-to-do idlers.
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I love looking through magazines, and you know, I love getting dressed up to go to events and stuff.
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I'm triggering acoustic instruments. I'm literally beating, smacking, hitting, blowing, doing physical things. It's an incredibly exciting way to make music.
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Do I think Vince McMahon was looking at my matches in Japan going, 'We need him?' No. He wasn't. He's too busy. There's no way. But somebody may have been looking and going, 'All right, I like this guy. Let's give him a shot.'
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On the tour we get a case of beer on the bus every day from Ozzfest.
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We are such materialists that all our metaphors are going to be material.
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I have to arrange my life very carefully. I need eight hours' sleep to work.
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Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of polished society.
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We do not postpone the participation of the lower classes of our people in the profits of economic enterprise, and in other countries, they do postpone it. In the long run, I think our policy is better, and we stand by it.
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I'm a bit of a control freak.
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However muted its present appearance may be, sexual dominion obtains nevertheless as perhaps the most pervasive ideology of our culture and provides its most fundamental concept of power.
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As CEO of a big company, I have to be a kind of a champion of the interests of our people as insofar as their ability to do their job, to feel comfortable in their work environment, and to be able to fulfill their ambitions.
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On a regular basis if you're trying to produce something, I think you should work every day and set achievable goals.
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My early work and publications centered around expanding on the analysis of life insurance in my dissertation and its relationship to investment banking.
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There's a lot that's out of your control. But the one thing that you can control is your work ethic.
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I tend to gravitate toward people who are a bit more eccentric and creative and artistic in some ways. And I like bringing disparate kinds of creative people together to create some great work, even to share points of view on a new direction.
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If you decide that you're going to do only the things you know are going to work, you're going to leave a lot of opportunity on the table.
