James Surowiecki Quotes

Solyndra's failure isn't a reason for the government to give up on alternative energy, any more than the failure of Pets.com during the Internet bubble means that venture capital should steer clear of tech projects.

James Surowiecki

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That's one of the challenges of investing in China, is the lack of clarity with respect to tax positions.

Jim Oberweis

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When you run an entrepreneurial business, you have hurry sickness - you don't look back, you advance and consolidate. But it is such fun.

Anita Roddick

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Magic is like special effects live, and I love to perform, so it sounded like doing magic tricks were a good way to entertain people.

Michael Carbonaro

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'West Side Story' is one of the greatest theatrical experiences I've had.

John Tiffany

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I went to art school first and thought that I'm going to design theater sets. That was my path.

Ron Ben-Israel

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I was a Dow Chemical baby. My dad designed chemical plants for Dow Chemical.

Mike Dean

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Hopefully, sometime I get a superpower. I would like to be able to transport myself wherever I wanted.

Chloe Bennet

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When NBC bought USA and SCI FI in 2004, Jeff Zucker put me in charge of USA Networks. We did a lot of research to find out what was working and what wasn't, and we actually had to hear a lot of things we didn't like. USA was predictable; it was boring.

Bonnie Hammer

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We've accounted for 95 percent of all the stars in the Milky Way. The other 5 percent are big, bright stars - the kind that dominate the night sky, but are lamentably both rare and short-lived. If biology's your thing, you can forget those guys.

Seth Shostak

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People, they don't know how to bend; they just break.

Noah Hawley

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I'm a real nature lover, so whenever possible, I like to get to the beach or get to a forest or get somewhere there's fresh air. Apart from that, I'm a film addict and a DVD freak.

Murray Bartlett

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Authorities in Rabat believe that if we create a Moroccan character, even in a work of fiction, we are responsible for the image of Moroccan women.

Leila Slimani

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