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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Orthodox Christianity, by playing upon the emotions of man, is able to accomplish wonders toward keeping him in order and relieving his mind. It can frighten or cajole him away from evil more effectively than could reason.
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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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I think that souls agree to come in and do what they're going to do and then leave when they're going to leave. So there's nothing tragic when a soul leaves. I think it was already preordained.
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I make no claim to being a business genius. You can make so much money in this business that it loses its value.
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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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My impression was, 'This Hollywood thing doesn't seem too hard.'
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I'm obsessed with New York. I want to marry it, maybe bear a few children with 42nd Street.
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There are plenty of things you can do to help animals! The best advice that I can give right off the bat is not to get overwhelmed and feel bad when you read about all the issues.
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There's always going to be people that say you're a sellout - anyone who knew you back when or who wants to begrudge you for having success. That's OK. Their opinion of me, and the box they want to put me in, is just simply none of my business.
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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.
