Jeff Bezos Quotes
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I'm a full-time writer, which means I have the entire day to get my work done. But that can also be bad, because that means I have the entire day to get in my way.
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I like it when people make an effort to wear things that you wouldn't normally put together - I like eccentrics.
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In general, the public knowledge base and thus decision-making behaviors are far more influenced by advertisement than with current science.
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I've met Bill Clinton, Obama a couple of times... I certainly didn't meet George Bush, and wouldn't want to.
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One of the things that appealed to me most about comics was that you can pick the ones you like and build your own personal pantheon.
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No matter how many personal productivity techniques you master, there will always be more to do than you can ever accomplish in the time you have available to you, no matter how much it is.
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To write a novel is fundamentally an act of impudence. To comb one's hair is also an act of impudence, especially when it's done to try to cover a scar running across the top of one's forehead. But combing one's hair is an act of minor impudence, whereas writing is a more serious affair. We mask reality, we hide our fears, we reinvent things that have been said, and above all, the people who said them. Writing a novel implies a certain perversity. It's not something one can do with a tortoiseshell comb. It is perhaps for that reason that they take away my pen at night. Not, as they pretend, to prevent me from accidentally stabbing myself in the throat with it- but to prevent me from killing anyone else.
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The greatness of the human being consists in this: that it is capable of the universe.
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Mysterious haunts of echoes old and far, The voice divine of human loyalty.
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Where do the evils like corruption arise from? It comes from the never-ending greed. The fight for corruption-free ethical society will have to be fought against this greed and replace it with 'what can I give' spirit.
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Who wouldn't like to give up normal life? I mean, normal life, you know, is the second worst thing to death itself. I think normality is something that makes everything very static, and I try to make my days, my daily routines, as uneven and rich as possible.
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When we started doing YouTube, the goal was, hey, let's make stuff that we want to see, that entertains us.
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I started teaching when I was in my 20s because Lee Strasberg asked me to, and he didn't do that with a lot of people.
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Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II
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I actually don't like this term, "classic." It's wrong, but we don't have a better word at the moment.
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Part of being a top-20 firm is mind-share.
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Not every brand needs to be on every social platform. Brands should have a very strategic objective, whether it's marketing or commercial. The biggest mistake a brand can make is to be on a social platform without a plan or the resources to manage it.
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Every human brain is both a broadcasting and receiving station for the vibration of thought.
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The human brain is special. It starts working as soon as you get up and it doesn't stop until you get to school.
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Alpha waves in the human brain are between 6 and 8 hertz. The wave frequency of the human cavity resonates between 6 and 8 hertz. All biological systems operate in the same frequency range. The human brain's alpha waves function in this range and the electrical resonance of the earth is between 6 and 8 hertz. Thus, our entire biological system - the brain and the earth itself - work on the same frequencies. If we can control that resonate system electronically, we can directly control the entire mental system of humankind.
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It's surprising that the world is understandable to the extent that it is.
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The human brain is an incredible pattern-matching machine.
