Jeff Bezos Quotes
It’s very important for entrepreneurs to be realistic. So if you believe on that first day while you’re writing the business plan that there’s a 70 percent chance that the whole thing will fail, then that kind of relieves the pressure of self-doubt.
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You don't have to work hard to bring emotions. It all just comes naturally, you're there living it.
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I completely get the drag thing.
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Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.
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A two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and a region free of Iranian nukes are worthy goals that should be able to withstand public scrutiny in every Middle Eastern capital.
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The ball whizzes past like a bumblebee and the Indians are in the sea.
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I don't really care that much about eating. But I like impressing people with how good a cook I am. So I will cook. I'm an excellent cook. Not many people know that about me.
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Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.
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It's nice to have my mother as someone I can talk to about acting. My dad's a director, so when he comes to watch me on set, he think it's his set. He's always telling a production assistant, 'Can you get me five donuts?'
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It's a great country, where anybody can grow up to be president... except me.
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I enjoy my life.
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Writing is writing, and stories are stories. Perhaps the only true genres are fiction and non-fiction. And even there, who can be sure?
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My favorite prayer is Footprints in the Sand. You know that prayer? I know the times that he carried me, you know? I kind of wore him out.
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My grandfather worked in a shoe factory - he was an Italian immigrant. My father was the first to go to college in the family.
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When you're young and you're in love and it doesn't work out - it hurts.
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I hated my big hair. I always wore it straight.
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I'm just like any person who is coaching in this league, I'm just looking for an opportunity, that's all.
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I try not to make snap judgments. I never, ever make conclusions about products I've never tried.
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Urbanspoon is a nice, little application and it's perfect, of course, for CitySearch because of the reviews it contains and the ability for CitySearch to use that content.
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Hollywood overstates both the romance of marriage and the prevalence of divorce. Celebrities have divorce rates that are atypical and higher than most couples. I suspect that in celebrity marriages, there are huge egos on both sides and they do seem to encourage unrealistic expectations about falling in love. The problem with our romantic culture is that you can love someone you don't respect and the marriage can run out of gas with that formula. Respect is essential - not just respecting your partner but being sure your partner equally respects you.
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We were under a lot of pressure but we didn't allow them any real chances. It was as comfortable a victory as 1-0 in a vital match can possibly be.
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Today, not starting is far, far worse than being wrong. If you start, you've got a shot at evolving and adjusting to turn your wrong into a right. But if you don't start, you never get a chance.
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The best kind of travel – the kind I wanted to experience – involves a particular state of mind, in which one is not merely open to the occurrence of the unexpected, but to deep involvement in the unexpected, indeed, open to the possibility of having one’s life changed forever by a chance encounter.
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If the Bird does not sing, Kill it.
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It’s very important for entrepreneurs to be realistic. So if you believe on that first day while you’re writing the business plan that there’s a 70 percent chance that the whole thing will fail, then that kind of relieves the pressure of self-doubt.
