Jeff Bezos Quotes
If you invent frequently and are willing to fail, then you never get to that point where you really need to bet the whole company.
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If you're going to maintain true authorities over a subordinate organization, you have to have some control over policy formulation of that organization and also the resources that are applied to it.
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When you are young, hone your craft and write shorter pieces instead of novels, because it's really hard to finish a novel.
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In politics, the reaction to a controversy is very often more enlightening and important than the details of the allegations themselves.
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The thoughtful soul to solitude retires.
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Where I am, I don't know, I'll never know, in the silence you don't know, you must go on, I can't go on, I'll go on.
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Playing music is a beautiful thing. But listening to music is just as great.
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I am a sound freak. I could play around with sound forever.
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Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.
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People often say that humans have always eaten animals, as if this is a justification for continuing the practice. According to this logic, we should not try to prevent people from murdering other people, since this has also been done since the earliest of times.
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In general, when you have success on the field, you're more popular, and you have that fame that comes with it. You realize you're in the public eye more, and you've got to be a little bit more careful about some of the things you're doing out in public and make sure you're smart about the things you say.
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I am happy everywhere except in places where I see glitz and rich farts. I am happiest in Brooklyn, where the concentration of rich farts is minimal.
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If I had a spreadsheet on my computer, it looked like I was busy.
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On television, I tried to absolutely hew to the middle of the road and not show any prejudice or bias in any way.
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I just want to show the fans my big smile and play the game that I love.
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There are not as many women who support the national defense budget now as men. I really think there is a gender gap in the support for the large expenditures that are necessary to modernize the force.
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You not only have to know your own instrument, you must know the others and how to back them up at all times. That's jazz.
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The public is even more pessimistic about the economy than even the most bearish economists are.
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All the music that I play today, I actually heard either at home or in my neighborhood when I was growing up in the '40s and '50s.
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A novelist must know what his last chapter is going to say and one way or another work toward that last chapter. ... To me it is utterly basic, yet it seems like it's a great secret.
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Thought and action must never part company.
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I worked on local papers, before taking a job as a webmaster with a very well known telecommunications company in London, as I thought the internet was the future.
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If you invent frequently and are willing to fail, then you never get to that point where you really need to bet the whole company.
