Reid Hoffman Quotes

In democracies, we aren't always governed by the people or the parties that we voted for. But when officials are elected, we must respect their authority, as long as they're exercising that authority within the bounds of whatever regulatory frameworks are in place to guide them.

Reid Hoffman

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RespectPeopleLongPlaceAuthority

I started by looking everything up in a Star Trek dictionary so I knew what I was talking about, but you can't do that because they talk in circles, and half of it doesn't make sense, so you'll just end up driving yourself more insane.

Jeri Ryan

YourselfLookingEndDrivingTalking

We need to be celebrating those who serve us rather than mocking them for the purpose of getting on TV and selling some books.

Jennifer Granholm

PurposeSellingNeedServeUsBooks

I don't know other couples that work together a fraction as much as Nick and I do. We met in a play, and we've done TV and movies, and we just did 'Annapurna,' our off-Broadway show, and we've done theater together several times, so it's just a little bit of everything.

Megan Mullally

WorkTogetherPlayKnowDoneMovies

I was an intelligence officer for what was then 8th Air Force, B-52 Air Force.

Michael Hayden

IntelligenceAir ForceAirForce

One tech-related concern with religion is that it appears to be a positive feedback loop to the accelerating rich-poor gap, as the disenfranchised opt out of modernity.

Steve Jurvetson

PositiveReligionFeedbackOutGap

Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the attack.

Sun Tzu

SuccessVictoryAttackLiesDefence

The story is always in service to the characters, and is only as long or short, or neat or ragged as it needs to be.

Stewart O'Nan

ServiceStoryShortLongAlways

I think it's hard to put a finger on my music. My music has always been an amalgamation of everything I listen to, which includes everything and anything under the sun. Hip-hop to country to R&B to pop, all the things I'm inspired by find a way into what I do.

Travie McCoy

MusicSunThinkFindCountryWay

I am always going to be in the hood in my heart, but what I did was added on the masters of arts, fine arts and the doctorate... if you want me to pull that out, I can get very distinguished... but I'm not going there... I don't have to put on airs; the knowledge comes out - just listen.

Ruben Santiago-Hudson

KnowledgeHeartI AmMeHoodYou

There is no law that says a man who earned a hundred million dollars in his first half-dozen years on the job has to be a decent human being, but Mike Eisner is that and more.

Joseph Barbera

JobManLawMoreHumanFirst

Those who invest in South Africa should not think they are doing us a favor; they are here for what they get out of our cheap and abundant labor, and they should know that they are buttressing one of the most vicious systems.

Desmond Tutu

ThinkDoingLaborKnowAfricaCheap

I hope readers will think that 'The Thing About Life' is beautifully patterned, a tapestry.

David Shields

LifeHopeThinkWillAboutReaders

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