Ursula Burns Quotes

Race and gender definitely came up, occasionally, in my life at work. But the bigger challenge that I had was age. I took roles earlier in my career than people expected, and so a lot of what I got was, 'Do you actually know enough to do this?'

Ursula Burns

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Every good story needs a hero. Back when I wrote 'The Search,' that hero was Google - the book wasn't about Google alone, but Google's narrative worked to drive the entire story.

John Battelle

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Sometimes when I do an overdub solo, they'll keep four or five of my attempts and then mix the bits that they like to make a solo up out of them. It's not against the rules, really - I can learn my own solos, then. But that's the whole beauty of multi-track recording, isn't it?

Jeff Beck

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Mozart was a punk, which people seem to forget. He was a naughty, naughty boy.

Shirley Manson

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All research scientists know that writing in the passive voice is artificial; they are not disembodied observers, but people doing research.

Rupert Sheldrake

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Anyone who has that weird volition to become an actor probably has a weird volition to do lots of other creative things - to write, to play music, to paint, to cook.

Minnie Driver

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Original 'Dallas' fans, please come back, because it's the same show 20 years later - same drama.

Josh Henderson

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What your foes do derives its significance or consequence from the way you react.

Joseph Brodsky

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I don't love the media. I'm part of it, but you can't love a porcupine.

Jonathan Dimbleby

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For me, if I knew that I wanted to be a CEO and I set that final destination right up front, that helped me develop a career track.

Denise Morrison

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Everything in life... has to have balance.

Donna Karan

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There are more humans than all of the rabbits on earth. There are more of us than all the wildebeests, than all the rats, than all the mice. We are the most numerous mammal on the planet. But because we're not like rabbits or rats or mice, we have technology, we have a consumptive appetite, we have a global economy.

David Suzuki

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I like horror movies, they're fun. It was the most fun I've had on a movie set.

Clea Duvall

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