Jefferson Mays Quotes

I'm kind of a reluctant Anglophile. My mother's a children's librarian, and all of the children's literature I read was from her childhood - E. Nesbit and Dickens, which isn't children's literature at all, but I was sort of steeped in English literature. I thought I was of that world.

Jefferson Mays

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 8, 1965

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I believe anger is a wasted emotion, and I don't like to waste emotions.

Jim Webb

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I think social networks are really working for the drivers, because we're able to talk directly to fans and they get first-hand information. And I think it's great for the partners as well and the businesses that are involved in Formula One.

Jenson Button

GreatThinkInformationTalkFans

It's important to understand how people perceive risk, and how that translates into investment behavior.

Andrew Lo

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It's because of women like my grandmother Roberta - women who have lived their lives fearlessly, on their own terms - that I am who I am. I'm grateful to have such an inspiring woman as a grandmother.

Meghan McCain

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America's greatness has always been demonstrated by our moral leadership.

John Hickenlooper

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Hard science fiction, which is what I write, often is rightly criticized for having either negligible or unbelievable characterization, but the science I've actually studied most post-secondarily is psychology, and characterization is the art of dramatizing psychological principles.

Robert J. Sawyer

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Although I have to admit I have despised a couple of people simply because they have never had a job in their lives.

Jeffrey Bernard

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The Lean Startup is a process for turning ideas into commercial ventures. Its premise is that startups begin with a series of untested hypotheses. They succeed by getting out of the building, testing those hypotheses and learning by iterating and refining minimal viable products in front of potential customers.

Steve Blank

LearningIdeasSucceedBuildingOut

Every woman who has a business book has a platform. For the most part, they're either a television personality or someone who had the perfect pedigree and worked their way up the career ladder.

Sophia Amoruso

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If you create a place where anything can happen, anything will happen.

Trevor Paglen

YouPlaceCreateWillAnything

I'm not a musical theatre person, and I never will be, especially after seeing the way it operates. It's so incredibly inefficient. It takes three weeks to effect a change. It can be a lighting change, a script change, a musical change - you have to meet with six different departments, and about a month later, it may happen.

Roger Taylor

ChangeTheatreYouSeeingPerson

I think I've inspired a lot of people, and I'm one, if I get a letter and someone's in serious shape, I'll call them. I relate to these people.

Ron Santo

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