Jeff Bezos Quotes
The common question that gets asked in business is, why? That’s a good question, but an equally valid question is, why not?
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Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.
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I like to write with a lot of emotion and a lot of power. Sometimes I overdo it; sometimes my prose is a little bit too purple, and I know that.
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I do love pasta. It gets me into trouble. If I could give up pasta and bread, I'd look like Cate Blanchett.
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I do make a good ragu pasta, which everyone seems to like. Or that could be just me talking; who knows what they really think. I actually stole the recipe from my older sister Vera, who also loves to cook. I took all my recipes from her.
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It should be no surprise that religion in the non-western world has failed to disappear under the juggernaut of industrial capitalism, or that liberal democracy finds its most dedicated saboteurs among the new middle classes.
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Years ago, I carved out an identity, and it has always been about having a voice to tell people about stuff I love.
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I love having wine with my meals. And if I splurge, I'm going to splurge big, because if I deny my cravings, it just ends up backfiring on me, you know?
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This ain't a football game, we do this every day.
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Well, the thought that everybody might have a personal computer at their desk or their home was certainly not on the mainstream of anybody's activity at that time.
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Roc Nation has an army. I'm happy because this is what I needed. I have the music, but they have the muscle.
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I like friends who are honest and loyal. They also shouldn't be afraid to be a kid. I like having fun.
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Jazz really does try to include everything. It's always been popular music. But the wonderful thing about jazz is its willingness to take chances.
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If I have the TV on, it's either a Mets game or 'SportsCenter.'
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I was never a monist - always a diversitarian.
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He who knows himself is enlightened.
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Tides are like politics. They come and go with a great deal of fuss and noise, but inevitably they leave the beach just as they found it. On those few occasions when major change does occur, it is rarely good news.
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I get called all these horrible names by Lindsey Graham, who I don't even know.
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The ANC will never die; it will live.
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Background checks, waiting periods, reports of transfers, and access to mental health records have not stopped the legal sale of firearms to legitimate buyers.
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I like where we're going with technology and global integration, but the fact that corporations and dollars rule everything in our lives, I don't like it. This isn't the Hollywood I wanted to be part of.
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The world that she lives in is just magical, one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen.
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Pop music has been all but relegated to the remainder bin at MTV and VH1, where high-maintenance concoctions such as Paris Hilton, Flavor Flav, and Hulk Hogan's biohazard clan of bleached specimens provide endless hours of death-hastening diversion.
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I am a shy person, basically. I don't think I can take my shirt off in front of so many people. I never thought about it. No one asked me to. But I don't even know if people like it if they see me without a shirt all of a sudden. But let's see, if a film demands it, I might just do it.
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The common question that gets asked in business is, why? That’s a good question, but an equally valid question is, why not?
