Jeff Bezos Quotes
If you do build a great experience, customers tell each other about that. Word of mouth is very powerful.
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I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters human.
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I think coming to work and being absurd and neurotic and thoughtful at the same time is far more interesting.
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In theory, taxes should be like shopping. What I buy is government services. What I pay are my taxes.
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My parents are divorced, and seeing that was really painful for me. Really painful for me. But that's also a big part of why I'm intrigued by the dynamics between people – because I was close to something that fell apart.
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I have always looked up to Adele and Christina Aguilera as singers ever since I was very young, and now my favorite male singer is Hozier.
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If you get something like 'Avatar,' it opens up a lot of big blockbuster doors.
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I've lived in Kansas for more than thirty years, and for half of those, I was part of a ranching family, so I'm writing about things I know and love.
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I'm very blessed with the perfect husband.
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Detroit's a good investment because, first of all, the entry fee for everything is lower. And, you've got the talent that is here that is ambitious and motivated, so you're going to get in on a much lower cost structure in every way, shape, or form from labor to buildings to whatever.
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There is a profound difference between information and meaning.
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The most important thing is posture: when you get old, it's the way you walk, the way you stand, that shows it.
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In lean times, you get plenty of sleep, and you're not flying around everywhere.
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That is the meaning of the Trump brand - being the boss who is so rich and so powerful he can do whatever he wants. So the way in which he ran for president was to embody that idea as fully as he possibly could with his outrageousness.
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The checks and balances is a way to prevent government from either devolving into an autocratic tyranny or an autocratic mob mentality.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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I feel I'm an actress who sings a bit.
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I want to get away from couture just being done for a picture or for a single moment on the red carpet. I want to try and convince women that couture can be worn in the day and that there's a reality and relevance there, because that's what Mr. Christian Dior wanted.
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I'm a mom, a full-time mom when I'm not taping. I do the carpool thing, and bake the cookies, and do the homework.
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The joy is in the getting there. The beginning years of starting your business, the camaraderie when you're in the pit together, are the best years of your life. So rather than being so focused on when you get big and powerful, if you can just get the juice out of that... don't miss it.
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When you're little, every experience writes on the canvas of who you are.
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There's not much you can do about time - it just keeps on passing. But experience? Don't tell me that. I'm not proud of it, but I don't have any sexual desire. And what sort of experience can a writer have if she doesn't feel passion? It'd be like a chef without an appetite.
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There is no scent so pleasant to my nostrils as that faint, subtle reek which comes from an ancient book.
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If you do build a great experience, customers tell each other about that. Word of mouth is very powerful.
