Carol Leifer Quotes
There are so many opportunities that I could've gotten before if I had just took a little more of a risk.
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Divorce isn't the child's fault. Don't say anything unkind about your ex to the child, because you're really just hurting the child.
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First, I was Bavarian State Minister of Justice, and after the ministries of justice in the various states were dissolved I became Reich Minister without portfolio.
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I debated free trade in college. I came out as a free trader. I'm a free markets guy. I'm an Adam Smith guy.
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All training is negotiation, whether you're training dogs or spouses.
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I haven't reported my missing credit card to the police because whoever stole it is spending less than my wife.
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The thing that's good about music-making software like the DAW-kinda systems is that they're all generally the same; the kind of interface is normally laid out in a similar way. Depending on the program, the sounds might be quite different, but they tend to all have a drum machine or synthesizer or a sampler.
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Fortunately, I grew up in a family that was grounded. My mother and father knew how to guide my career and look out for my best interests.
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The best founders are extremely thoughtful and have an eye for quality. I don't know if there's any generic advice here that would be helpful. Startup knowledge is a moving target.
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I'm a television junkie.
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Perhaps I am not as wise as I like to think I am.
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I stay away from heavy-handed stuff, the good guy and the bad guy. It just doesn't interest me; all it does is create more fences between people, I think.
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When I was young, a lot of things were closed off to me. I was always told, 'Don't do this, you can't do that' – instead of stopping me, it made me think, 'I can do that, I must do that.'
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I've been very physical my whole life. I went out hiking and camping for days in the Australian forest, and when I trained at drama school for three years, we did a whole lot on stage-fighting techniques. And I was a dancer from 5 to 18, so I have a memory for choreography.
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I do not use the language of my people. I can take liberties with certain themes which the Arabic language would not allow me to take.
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I have no family to take care of.
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I have been married for 58 years to the same woman. Our secret? Separate bathrooms.
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My social circle, my best friends, are all people that I met at UCB.
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For the rich, it's not about getting more stuff. It's about having the freedom to make almost any decision you want.
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It feels presumptuous to think of writing for adults.
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I would only once have the opportunity to let my scientific career encompass a path from the double helix to the three billion steps of the human genome.
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It's a lot of years. Not many guys get the opportunity to play their whole career with one organization, and I'm very happy.
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I just love crafting and shaping sounds. Actually, many of the sounds that I work with start off as organic instruments - guitar, piano, clarinet, etc. But I do love the rigidity of electronic drums.
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The atheist must abandon his defensive positions, take up the cudgels and go forward, rather than into the retreat of apathy.
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There are so many opportunities that I could've gotten before if I had just took a little more of a risk.
