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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I believe life takes us where we need to be.
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No movie can claim to be a work of philosophy. They fulfill a totally different need in people.
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I've played a lot of elegance and refinement, so to do something really down and dirty is a great attraction.
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Behind the mask of diplomatic and political cooperation and partnership with the United States and Europe, the current Russian leaders are following the strategy of their predecessors and working towards a 'New World Order'. When the right moment comes the mask will be dropped and the Russians with Chinese help will seek to impose their system on the West on their own terms.
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Tom Foley was a statesman, and it was a privilege to serve under him when he was the Speaker of the House. He loved our country. He was a gentleman. I had the privilege of seeing him a couple days before he passed away.
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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.
