Jeff Bezos Quotes
Percentage margins are not one of the things we are seeking to optimize. It’s the absolute dollar free cash flow per share that you want to maximize, and if you can do that by lowering margins, we would do that. So if you could take the free cash flow, that’s something that investors can spend. Investors can’t spend percentage margins.Jeff Bezos
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I enjoy shopping and going on holiday.
Tamara Ecclestone -
I used to be the best comic actor in my batch. Everyone knew that my comic timing was impeccable.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui -
The first thing I look at is, 'Is the entrepreneur going after really big problems, to the extent that it feels scary when they talk about it?' You wonder if the idea is possible. I have seen that a lot of times, people go after small problems, and that's a sign that they are not confident.
Sachin Bansal -
It is so expensive to take care of my hair and keep it looking like I was born with it, when my real hair is the color of rat fur.
Samantha Bee -
When I see a movie with someone it's kind of uncomfortable.
S. E. Hinton -
The 21st Century has begun as an era of uncertainty, with a heightened focus on security and public safety.
Gavin Newsom
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I'm not into nostalgia, and I only look back to find lessons.
Ian Schrager -
When I was really little, I listened to Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, Barbara Mandrel, Crystal Gayle, Kenny Rogers, Willie Nelson, and Patsy Cline.
Laura Bell Bundy -
An effective human being is a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts.
Ida Pauline Rolf -
I mean, I like to consider myself a reasonably athletic guy.
Zachary Levi -
Even the 'Negro' shows like 'Amos and Andy' and 'Beulah' are written largely by white writers - the better to preserve the stereotypes, I imagine.
Langston Hughes -
All I do is watch dance videos. I love Ricky Ubeda, who is a contemporary dancer, and I also love Madison Cubbage. They inspire me to work harder every day.
Maddie Ziegler
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An idea's birth is legitimate if one has the feeling that one is catching oneself plagiarizing oneself.
Karl Kraus -
In some theoretical way I know that a half-million people hear the show. But in a day-to-day way, there's not much evidence of it.
Ira Glass -
Every child saved with my help and the help of all the wonderful secret messengers, who today are no longer living, is the justification of my existence on this earth, and not a title to glory.
Irena Sendler -
Don't fight forces, use them.
R. Buckminster Fuller -
reasonable men, they went because we were there. There’s something in our world that makes men lose their heads-they couldn’t be fair if they tried.
Harper Lee -
Revolutions are not made; they come. A revolution is as natural a growth as an oak. It comes out of the past. Its foundations are laid far back.
Wendell Phillips
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He had long ago established he wasn't just another pretty face, but it was a reminder of what was going on inside his body while he was entertaining us.
Larry Merchant -
I'm shy, but not on a one-to-one basis. Over the years, I have become acclimatised to a bit of publicity.
Raf Simons -
Forgiving is all; forgetting is another thing.
Bob Rae -
I always carry a pair of scissors around with me to cut things out of magazines.
Sally Phillips -
Percentage margins are not one of the things we are seeking to optimize. It’s the absolute dollar free cash flow per share that you want to maximize, and if you can do that by lowering margins, we would do that. So if you could take the free cash flow, that’s something that investors can spend. Investors can’t spend percentage margins.
Jeff Bezos