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Brian Acton Quotes

My mom started an air-freight company; my grandmother built a golf course. I have a certain degree of entrepreneurial risk-taking in my family history. Maybe that eventually rubbed off on me a little bit.

Brian Acton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: businessman
Nationality: american
Birth: 1972

Topics

Family History Me Mom Golf Company

My motivation was an idea of being able to improve the conditions of life, to try to find a remedy to many of the problems facing the world. That's what led me into economics. I saw it as a way of helping people.

Maurice Allais

Life People Me Economics World Find

I learned how to cook by making soups, so I was thinking of how to make the most eco-friendly and green way to make soup. Obviously, using water and vegetables from your garden is the most sustainable way.

Anna Getty

Water Green Soup Thinking Vegetables

Why are empirical questions about how the mind works so weighted down with political and moral and emotional baggage?

Steven Pinker

Mind Political Questions Down Moral

I will, based on the existing ROC constitutional system, based on democratic principles, on the basis of the largest public opinion, promote cross-strait policy.

Tsai Ing-wen

Opinion Principles Will System

Who in the world wants to run a country where the new norm is one where there are no jobs?

Rush Limbaugh

World Country New Run Where Who

Little by little, when I was doing auditions in New York, I discovered I was good. People there were enthusiastic.

Juan Diego Florez

Good New York People Good People New

Simple jewelry is best - bigger pieces get in the way when I'm baking.

Christina Tosi

Best Simple Jewelry Baking Way Get

I mean, every novel's a historical novel anyway. But calling something a historical novel seems to put mittens on it, right? It puts manners on it. And you don't want your novels to be mannered.

Colum McCann

You Manners Want Mean Right Seems

Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.

William Hazlitt

Great Practice Thoughts Become Acts

Instead of me keeping my art a personal thing, we can use it to save lives, change lives and inspire.

Swizz Beatz

Change Art Me Inspire Personal Save

I saw singer Pink doing aerial flips during one of her performances at Grammy Awards. It got me inspired, and I started doing it, too. It has made me very flexible. I couldn't even touch my toes a few years ago, but now I find myself to be extremely fit.