Jeff Bezos Quotes
I'm going to go do this crazy thing. I'm going to start this company selling books online.
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I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe.
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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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Listen to the Bee Gees and you can learn to be a great writer.
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It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses.
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The thoughtful soul to solitude retires.
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The thing I find frustrating about rock music is, how different can you make an acoustic drum kit sound, an electric guitar and vocals? It's very stuck, whereas with electronic music, new sounds are being created.
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Searchers after horror haunt strange, far places.
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I was sent the script for 'Silver Linings' when I was doing a play in D.C. at The Kennedy Center with Cate Blanchett and I was sent the script and asked if I was interested, and I said 'Oh, boy am I!'
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Playing music is a beautiful thing. But listening to music is just as great.
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Many people who I respected were disappointed when I started 'Wine Library TV.' They thought I was dumbing down wine, but I always knew I was one of the biggest producers of new wine drinkers in the world, and people are realizing it now.
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I've always loved projects where I can combine acting and music.
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To mistrust science and deny the validity of scientific method is to resign your job as a human. You'd better go look for work as a plant or wild animal.
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There is hope and a kind of beauty in there somewhere, if you look for it.
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Above all, I try to create an emotion to which others can respond.
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Certainly there are great men whose age circumscribes them so completely that we lose interest.
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I'm not saying 'I have cerebral palsy, pay attention to me.' We all have problems, and we have to figure out how to live our best life.
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I'm originally from Dallas, Texas, where Bonnie and Clyde were from, so when I was a little kid, my grandfather used to drive me past the Barrow Filling Station. At my elementary school, there was a barn outside that they used to say was a Bonnie and Clyde hangout.
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As I told the kids on the way home, this conference is tough. We have to build mental as well as physical toughness to be competitive.
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Salesforce's Chatter is what convinced me that the company understood what is going on in the enterprise; this was the biggest attraction for me. I saw that Salesforce understands social.
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I never had money for anything. But I tell you what did really work - books. Between the covers of those books I could go anyplace, I could be anybody, I could do anything.
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Almost every morning I write in my journal. I've been keeping it for a long time - I've filled more than 50 books. I write about what's going on in my personal and spiritual life or what's going on at work. It helps me keep things in perspective, especially when things get crazy or I get stressed or we have obstacles.
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I'm going to go do this crazy thing. I'm going to start this company selling books online.
