Memorable Quotes - Page 40

• I've gone through managers like people go through shredded wheat. Nobody looks after you.

  Steven Morrissey

  People, Looks, Gone

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• When they bury me in a church and chuck earth on my grave, I'd like the words 'Well, at least he tried' engraved on my tombstone.

  Steven Morrissey

  Tombstone, Church, Earth

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• It doesn't matter if I failed. At least I passed the concept on to others. Even if I don't succeed, someone will succeed.

  Jack Ma

  Inspirational, Work, Entrepreneur

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• If we are a good team and know what we want to do, one of us can defeat tons of them.

  Jack Ma

  Inspirational, Team, Entrepreneur

  "In 1999, Alibaba's CEO Told Employees 2 Things They Needed To Do To Be Successful: Beat Americans And Work Longer Hours" by Alyson Shontell, www.businessinsider.com. September 22, 2014.

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• In carrying out e-commerce, the most important thing is to keep doing what you are doing right now with passion, to keep it up.

  Jack Ma

  Passion, Entrepreneur, Important

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• If you don't give up, you still have a chance. And when you are small, you have to be very focused and rely on your brain, not your strength.

  Jack Ma

  Giving Up, Don't Give Up, Brain

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• Intelligent people need a fool to lead them. When the team's all a bunch of scientists, it is best to have a peasant lead the way. His way of thinking is different. It's easier to win if you have people seeing things from different perspectives.

  Jack Ma

  Team, Intelligent, Winning

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• If you want to grow, find a good opportunity. Today, if you want to be a great company, think about what social problem you could solve.

  Jack Ma

  Opportunity, Thinking, Entrepreneur

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• If we go to work at 8 a.m. and go home at 5 p.m., this is not a high-tech company and Alibaba will never be successful. If we have that kind of 8-5 spirit, then we should just go and do something else.

  Jack Ma

  Home, Successful, Pms

  "In 1999, Alibaba's CEO Told Employees 2 Things They Needed To Do To Be Successful: Beat Americans And Work Longer Hours" by Alyson Shontell, www.businessinsider.com. September 22, 2014.

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• We will make it because we are young and we will never, never give up.

  Jack Ma

  Inspirational, Giving Up, Work

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• By an epiphany he meant a sudden spiritual manifestation, whether in the vulgarity of speech or of gesture or memorable phrase of the mind itself. He believed it was for the man of letters to record these epiphanies with extreme care (saving them for later use, that is), seeing that they themselves are the most delicate and evanescent of moments.

  James Joyce

  Spiritual, Men, Mind

  "Stephen Hero". Book by James Joyce, 1944.

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• My daughter and I are very close, we speak every single day and I call her every day and I say the same thing, "pick up, I know you're there."

  Joan Rivers

  Daughter, Speak, Hillarious

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• A woman would never make a nuclear bomb. They would never make a weapon that kills, no, no. They'd make a weapon that makes you feel bad for a while.

  Robin Williams

  Nuclear, Bombs, Weapons

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Everyone has these two visions when they hold their child for the first time. The first is your child as an adult saying "I want to thank the Nobel Committee for this award." The other is "You want fries with that?".

  Robin Williams

  Children, Two, Awards

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• All the new people you meet, it's pretty amazing. The vampire needs new blood. And there is still a lot to learn and there is always great stuff out there. Even mistakes can be wonderful.

  Robin Williams

  Mistake, Blood, People

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Life is very tough. If you don't laugh, it's tough.

  Joan Rivers

  Laughing, Beloved, Tough

  "11 Things Joan Rivers Taught Us About Life" by Erin Weinger, www.hollywoodreporter.com. September 4, 2014.

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• I was not an attractive child. When I didn't use my Girl Scouts uniform as a uniform, I used it as a tent.

  Joan Rivers

  Girl, Children, Use

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• Acting is my true love. I would like to have been a serious actor, and I plan to in the next life. I'm gonna be Meryl Streep Rivers.

  Joan Rivers

  Rivers, Acting, Next

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• I have no relationship with the Russian government at all.

  Edward Snowden

  Government, Russian Government

  "Traitor or Patriot? Edward Snowden Sits Down With Brian Williams". www.nbcnews.com. May 28, 2014.

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• I'm not a spy, which is the real question

  Edward Snowden

  Real, Spy, Real Questions

  "Defending His Actions, Snowden Says He’s a Patriot". Article by Elena Schneider and Steve Kenny, www.nytimes.com. May 28, 2014.

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• So many of the things we're told by the government simply aren't true.

  Edward Snowden

  Government

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• The Iraq war that I signed up for was launched on false premises. The American people were misled. Now, whether that was due to bad faith or simply mistakes in intelligence, I can't say for sure. But I can say it shows the problem of putting too much faith in intelligence systems without debating them in public.

  Edward Snowden

  War, Mistake, Iraq

  "Edward Snowden’s Motive Revealed: He Can ‘Sleep at Night’". Interview with Brian Williams, www.nbcnews.com. May 28, 2014.

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• The definition of a security state is one that prioritizes security over all other considerations.

  Edward Snowden

  Definitions, Consideration, States

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• Do you check it when you travel, do you check it when you're just at home? They'd be able to tell something called your 'pattern of life.' When are you doing these kind of activities? When do you wake up? When do you go to sleep? What other phones are around you when you wake up and go to sleep? Are you with someone who's not your wife?

  Edward Snowden

  Sleep, Home, Phones

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• These activities can be misconstrued, misinterpreted, and used to harm you as an individual even without the government having any intent to do you wrong.

  Edward Snowden

  Government, Individual, Used

  "Special Report: Inside the Mind of Edward Snowden" with Brian Williams, www.archives.nbclearn.com. May 28, 2014.

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