Jeff Bezos Quotes
I strongly believe that missionaries make better products. They care more. For a missionary, it's not just about the business. There has to be a business, and the business has to make sense, but that's not why you do it. You do it because you have something meaningful that motivates you.
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It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
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In those days, even as a boy, I watched some people that I knew were living way beyond their means.
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I think about death most of the day, every day. We can't escape death, and choosing to ignore it only makes it more scary.
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I play some fighting games, but mostly I just play sports.
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Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.
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Well, I certainly did not think that I could do worse.
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It's very hard to transgress; we have the furniture of transgression without the imagery and iconography to actually do it.
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I think globalization is a great thing. And now a lot of people complain about globalization; a lot of people don't like, you know, the globalize of the concept, the idea of the results. I think the globalization is a great idea and to create a lot of jobs.
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I just love writing. It's magical, it's somewhere else to go, it's somewhere much more dreadful, somewhere much more exciting. Somewhere I feel I belong, possibly more than in the so-called real world.
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It's difficult to believe that Al Gore was oblivious to the existing laws. He has to respond at some point.
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Happy songs are very difficult to write. How many truly great upbeat songs are there?
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You can have all the talent in the world, but without determination, you won't get very far.
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I'm not actually sure I'm grown-up enough for grown-up books.
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Ever since I was a kid, whatever situation I was presented with, I always made the most of it.
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One of the things I've realised is that I am very simple. My wife asked me once if I loved her. I said: 'Look love, I'm a simple man. I love you. End of story.' But I guess you gotta keep saying it with women. I guess she needed reassurance.
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You wilfully ignore the small, gentle observations in life which you know are the most important.
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The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.
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Divorced women, compared to married women, are less satisfied with their lives, which is not surprising. But they're actually more cheerful, when you look at the average mood they're in in the course of the day.
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I had to learn to be more open with people and to know how to show that I was interested in them.
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I strongly believe that missionaries make better products. They care more. For a missionary, it's not just about the business. There has to be a business, and the business has to make sense, but that's not why you do it. You do it because you have something meaningful that motivates you.
