Paul Allen Quotes

Some people are motivated by a need for recognition, some by money, and some by a broad social goal. I start from a different place: from the love of ideas and the urge to put them into motion and see where they might lead.

Paul Allen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: businessman
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 21, 1953 - October 15, 2018

Topics

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There's really no money per se to be made on records. We used to make a lot of money on records. Now, all of our money is made on touring.

Joey Kramer

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Every time I try to set something in Chicago, I get intimidated by 'Augie March.' It's easy to set something in Indianapolis - we don't have 'Augie March' here. But I love writing about Chicago, and I love being there and imagining lives in Chicago. I hope to set something there in the future, but it's intimidating.

John Green

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I think of myself as a shy, modest, relatively unassuming person.

John Landgraf

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Where conscious subjectivity is concerned, there is no distinction between the observation and the thing observed.

John Searle

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Writing novels is the most exciting.

Sidney Sheldon

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I'll be honest, watching the music industry collapse has been demoralizing and disheartening at times.

Trent Reznor

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Sometimes if you can tell one personal story with a lot of sincerity, it can become a universal story.

Rithy Panh

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Often extinctions in the ocean occur at the same time as those on land. Then again, the ice age extinctions lost many big animals, but not many sea faring ones.

Robert T. Bakker

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I have a soft spot for charities that help children.

Ruth Rendell

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I think for any relationship to be successful, there needs to be loving communication, appreciation, and understanding.

Miranda Kerr

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If you want to attract more investment, foreign investment, more talent, more business, I think having some level of certainty that the business environment respects, those who have been your partners for a long time, is important.

Louis R. Chenevert

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I want to be a good actor more than anything - someone you can respect.

Logan Lerman

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