Alexander Payne Quotes

Well, that's what life is - this collection of extraordinarily ordinary moments. We just need to pay attention to them all. Wake up and pay attention to how beautiful it all is.

Alexander Payne

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LifeBeautifulWake UpMomentsNeed

You never know when someone is videotaping you or trying to capture your image. I see how it makes some people crazy.

Megan Fox

PeopleCrazySomeoneTryingYou

That first company I started made a lot of money for the venture capitalists - nearly $30 million - but next to nothing for the founders. The companies I started after that varied between failures and mediocre successes. But at no point did I ever consider getting a 'real job.' That felt like a black and white world, and I wanted Technicolor.

Michael Arrington

Black And WhiteMoneyJobWorldReal

Reminding yourself of your strengths can help chip away at your core belief that you aren't good enough to be successful.

Amy Morin

GoodYourselfEnoughHelpYouCore

You have to treat every day as a new challenge, and you have to remain paranoid, as they say.

Anand Mahindra

ChallengeDayTreatYouEvery Day

I grew up thinking that a research scientist was a natural thing to be.

Stephen Hawking

ResearchThinkingUpNaturalThing

I came to San Antonio, and it's known for the River Walk. So I was just doing some sightseeing, I looked at the bridge and I thought, 'Man, if I do a flip off this bridge, that would be super-cool.' I don't recommend anybody jump off that bridge.

Steve-O

WalkManRiverBridgeThoughtDoing

My parents were immigrants and janitors.

Martin Shkreli

ParentsImmigrantsWere

People often ask whether Obama passes the 'kishka test:' whether he likes Israel special, not in the same way he likes Taiwan or South Korea? Does he? I think the kishka test was decided when he visited Israel. I think the reaction there was emotional and genuine.

Michael Oren

PeopleThinkTestGenuineWayAsk

The trouble with travelling back later on is that you can never repeat the same experience.

Michael Palin

ExperienceTravelYouBackTrouble

One of the things I associate with God is a sunrise. How many sunrises have you missed over the years, and God created that?

Donald Miller

GodSunriseYouMissedOverYears

After leaving college, I was in a show called Sculpture by Women where I was asked to talk about my history of victimisation in art, and I genuinely didn't think I had been victimised. Although I obviously believe in a lot of the feminist aspirations, I was wary about being dragged down by the politics of it.

Cornelia Parker

WomenHistoryArtPoliticsCollege

Travel is a new experience that can transport you out of your everyday routine to create memories with the ones you love.

Brian Chesky

LoveMemoriesExperienceTravelYou

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