John Collison Quotes

Auctomatic was a compressed start-up experience, going from start to launch to acquisition in under a year. We spent a long time building the product before getting our first customer, whereas with Stripe we made sure we had paying customers from the very start.

John Collison

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Growing up South African, I was comparatively in a world of privilege, especially being the youngest and being figuratively wrapped up in cotton wool by the rest of the family.

Jodi Balfour

FamilyGrowing UpWorldRestGrowing

I know I'm representing a group - black, Latin, whatever you want to put me with - and I want to show that they are beautiful the way they are. I think that's really important for our youth to see.

Joan Smalls

BeautifulMeYouthBlackThinkYou

The distribution systems and the cinemas have adopted to the blockbusters, and they now get their main income from selling popcorn, and if you don't make a film that sells popcorn, it's very hard to get it out there.

Stellan Skarsgard

YouSellingNowPopcornHardOut

All I ask is the chance to prove that money can't make me happy.

Spike Milligan

MoneyHappyMeChanceProveAsk

For me, there is a paradox in poetry, which is like the paradox in tragedy. You have the most terrible subject, but it's in a form that is so sensually gratifying that it connects the surviving heart to the despairing intellect.

Tony Harrison

HeartPoetryMeYouTragedyParadox

I use to watch like maybe three or four movies, five days out of the week. I was a movie buff, but I really didn't know what it was like behind the scenes, or the whole political process of it.

Michelle Rodriguez

ProcessPoliticalWeekKnowThree

I was born nine months premature.

Jay London

BornI Was BornNineMonths

I definitely feel the pressure to keep things fresh and original.

Jonathan Krisel

PressureFeelFreshThingsOriginal

Nothing's out of the realm. I think '24' has always keyed into that.

Corey Hawkins

ThinkNothingAlwaysOutI Think

There is no better news, than the fact that Jesus can actually turn a life upside down and save it.

Cliff Richard

LifeUpside DownBetterDownNews

Our civic society is really all we have by way of nationhood.

Cokie Roberts

SocietyWayCivicOurReally

I find intelligence sexy. I find a sense of humor sexy. I find sensitivity sexy.

Nicole Appleton

HumorIntelligenceSexyFindSense

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