John Collison Quotes

Coming from Ireland, it's quite hard to do a startup because you're culturally so far away from what everyone else is doing. In the Bay Area, it's much easier. It's the equivalent of an actor or actress moving to Hollywood.

John Collison

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Every year we close 300-400 stores anyway, just relocations.

Jim Cantalupo

YearCloseJustStoresEveryAnyway

Steve Jobs was a friend and mentor whom I miss more than I can say.

John McAfee

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I was raised by extremely strict - but also extremely loving - Chinese immigrant parents, and I had the most wonderful childhood! I remember laughing constantly with my parents - my dad is a real character and very funny. I certainly did wish they allowed to me do more things!

Amy Chua

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Usually, in any revolution people are focused on who wants to have the most power. But the most important thing is the laws that are written during that time.

Shirin Ebadi

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I don't get it. If you're saying, Tommy Lee, you don't fit the image of the East Coast, social elitist wealthy people who comprise Harvard, the only thing I can say is you have no idea what comprises Harvard.

Tommy Lee Jones

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I came to realize that if I was going to succeed in the music industry, I was going to have to learn how to perform my songs myself.

Mike Posner

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I'm a news junkie.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

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I love Richard Pryor. I love him to death.

Mike Epps

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Germany was beaten after World War I, but it didn't take long for it to rise again as a much more malignant threat. The end of World War II was not to be a compromise; it was to come about from the total annihilation of the enemies' ability and will to make war.

Monica Crowley

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There's nothing particularly dark in my past... I live in the light. My disposition is basically happy. I have a good life.

Lisa Unger

LifeGoodLiveLightPastHappy

It's easy to see why dog rescue is a mushrooming culture. Turning a troubled person's life around is difficult, but rescuers with commitment and time and a few dollars can radically alter the fate of a dog. And there are millions of dogs - nearly 10 million in the shelter system, many others mistreated in private homes - in need of rescuing.

Jon Katz

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Often the art in New York is related to the buildings, to grandiose things.

Christo

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