Pierre Omidyar Quotes

In 1991, I co-founded my first start-up, Ink Development, which made software for an early tablet computer.

Pierre Omidyar

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EarlyDevelopmentSoftwareFirstInk

That's probably the biggest secret of acting: If the actor believes it themselves, they can make you believe it.

Melissa Leo

BelieveYouActingActorSecret

The print magazine and print journalism industry is obviously in a great deal of trouble, and one of the things that happened when this business started to give way to the Internet and to broadcast television is that a lot of organizations started cutting specifically investigative journalism and they also started cutting fact-checkers.

Matt Taibbi

BusinessGreatInternetJournalism

I have a street mind. My whole mindset when I first got to the NBA was, 'I'm bringing that street to the game,' and, 'I'm going to be the hardest guy on the court; I'm going to be the hardest guy on the planet.'

Metta World Peace

MindGameMindsetStreetFirstGuy

I work for ABC. If the thing that ABC is paying me for is storytelling - not to make sure that a costume is exactly right or all those other things - then it is up to me to find the most creative space possible so that that function of my job can happen.

Shonda Rhimes

WorkJobCreativeSpaceMeFind

In his first year in office, President Obama pulled us back from the brink of the greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression and worked to lay a new foundation for economic growth. The president identified three key strategies to build that lasting prosperity: innovation, investment, and education.

Tom Vilsack

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I'd occasionally do some exercises at home, but I never cared for gyms.

Roger Moore

HomeNeverSomeExercisesCared

I'm an actor first and foremost. But I've also started an organization, Broadway Impact, that advocates for marriage equality. I'm an actorvist.

Rory O'Malley

MarriageEqualityOrganizationImpact

We must recognize that we cannot allow the Islamic State to continue to present an existential threat to America.

Mike Pompeo

PresentAmericaExistentialMust

And Barack and I were raised with so many of the same values, like you work hard for what you want in life. That your word is your bond; that you do what you say you're going to do. That you treat people with dignity and respect, even if you don't know them and even if you don't agree with them.

Michelle Obama

LifeWorkRespectPeopleBondTreat

When they call the slightest spending reductions 'painful', we will say 'If government spending prevents pain, why are we suffering so much of it?' And 'If you want to experience real pain, just stay on the track we are on.'

Mitch Daniels

ExperiencePainGovernmentSuffering

If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it.

Jonathan Winters

ShipOutSwimComeYour

It's always important to invest in young talents and the talents of tomorrow.

Delphine Arnault

TomorrowImportantYoungTalents

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