Stewart Butterfield Quotes

I think tech lives inside of a society that still has a lot of systemic racism and doesn't stop at the boundaries of the tech industry. But neither is it especially exacerbated by being around technology. But it is maybe exacerbated by the irrational decision making of people who are trying to make money.

Stewart Butterfield

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TechnologyDecisionMoneyRacism

When the Industrial Revolution of the nineteenth century brought a rapid increase in wealth, the demand of workers for a fair share of the wealth they were creating was conceded only after riots and strikes.

John Boyd Orr

Industrial RevolutionRevolutionFair

Most people call me Mercy. I like it.

Mercedes McCambridge

PeopleMeMercyCallLikeMost

I'm gonna be the best version of me. If there's something I don't know, I'm not afraid to ask.

Alyssa Edwards

BestMeKnowAskAfraidSomething

I come back to the same thing: We've got the greatest pipeline in the company's history in the next 12 months, and we've had the most amazing financial results possible over the last five years, and we're predicting being back at double-digit revenue growth in fiscal year '06.

Steve Ballmer

GrowthHistoryAmazingFinancial

I abhor averages. I like the individual case. A man may have six meals one day and none the next, making an average of three meals per day, but that is not a good way to live.

Louis D. Brandeis

GoodLiveDayManThreeWay

The success of the second 'Austin Powers' caught us by surprise a little bit. We had decided not to do even a second one, unless the audience wanted it and we could do something better.

Jay Roach

SuccessSurpriseBetterAudienceUs

In the heart of the desert and founded by the first Spanish Conquistadores, Las Vegas has become the entertainment capital of the world, with more than 30 million visitors a year.

Brunello Cucinelli

HeartWorldDesertYearVegasFirst

I feel there is a great sense of achievement coming from a non-filmy background. But when you are going through a low phase, you don't have anybody to advice you because your parents possibly can't advice you on that.

Anushka Sharma

GreatAchievementParentsAdviceYou

I didn't want to be perceived as a girly girl on stage.

Annie Lennox

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Stanley Kramer? Spencer Tracy? No one turns down being in a movie with them.

Phil Silvers

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There are many talented people.

Paula Abdul

PeopleTalented PeopleManyTalented

We haven't yet found a speck of evidence for biology on another world, so we have no objective way to judge whether life is a onetime fluke or a near-inevitable phenomenon.

Seth Shostak

LifeWorldJudgeLife Is ABiology

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