Jason Fried Quotes

Great people want to work on things that matter. Inevitably, a great person working on imaginary work will turn into an unsatisfied person.

Jason Fried

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I'm just looking for an angel with a broken wing.

Jimmy Page

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Either we leave our descendants an endowment of zero poverty, zero fossil-fuel use, and zero biodiversity loss, or we leave them facing a tax bill from Earth that could wipe them out.

Johan Rockstrom

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I have loved corsets since I was small. When I was a child, my grandmother took me to an exhibition, and they had a corset on display. I loved the flesh color, the salmon satin, the lace.

Jean Paul Gaultier

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I think I've always had a certain amount of skepticism of this whole 'shut up and smile' theory. I haven't ever swallowed that pill so easily, although I tried.

Amber Heard

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Microtargeting, as its name implies, is a way to identify small but crucial groups of voters who might be won over to a given side, and which messages would do the trick.

Steven Levy

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When you actually see Barack Obama, it's startling how slight he is and how young he looks.

Simon Hoggart

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They say the world has become too complex for simple answers. They are wrong.

Ronald Reagan

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My story is a little unorthodox. At first, I just wanted to book a commercial. I didn't have any expectations, and I wanted to try something new.

Rotimi

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In 2000, I fell in love. I had never felt anything like that before in my life. It kind of took me over.

Chris Robinson

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I try to relish each of the roles I play in life. If I'm cooking dinner for the kids, I throw on my polka-dotted apron. I might don a smart blazer if I am doing a work presentation. If I play a rock show, there may indeed be glitter and fishnets involved. It's my way of saying, 'Thank you, I am glad to be here.'

Corin Tucker

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I was one of the ones in my generation who actually did connect with 'The Wiz,' even though it was not on Broadway or the movie wasn't big anymore by the time I was of age to notice. But I was into it in middle school.

Shanice Williams

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Whenever it's suggested that our sponsors have some kind of influence or control of what we cover in some kind of censorship through financial pressure, it's rubbish. That's never happened.

Morley Safer

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