Taavet Hinrikus Quotes

Building a business is a marathon, not a sprint. I don't believe it when people tell me they've been working 80-hour weeks for five years in a row. I just don't think that's possible.

Taavet Hinrikus

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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  • Nationality: estonian
  • Birth: 1981

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BusinessPeopleMeBuildingBelieve

I liked being one of the fastest guys on the field.

Jesse Lee Soffer

BeingFieldLikedGuysFastest

In the first test screening of 'RoboCop,' it tested very high. Then they asked the people why they liked it, and the first answer was, 'I liked it because it was political.' And the second answer was because, 'It feels like it deals with current affairs.' And the third answer was, 'Because it feels emotional.'

Joel Kinnaman

PeoplePoliticalTestWhyHighLike

I had always been heavily influenced by stand-up. I was in a comedy team called Red Johnny And The Round Guy.

John DiMaggio

RedTeamComedyAlwaysGuyBeen

I can't usually sleep if I'm listening to music. It seems to fire up my mind, and I keep engaging with it to see what it's doing.

Max Richter

MusicFireSleepMindListeningSee

Every Pixar movie at one time was the worst motion picture ever made.

John Lasseter

TimePictureWorstMotionMadeEver

I tell people, 'It's just like a cliche, but it's true: In Hollywood, dreams can come true.'

Michael Clarke Duncan

DreamsPeopleTrueHollywoodTell

To be five years old is to be surprised by life. I'm amused by my children's awe at quotidian things - a toy helicopter, a bubble bath, the visible tentacles on a plate of calamari. And I'm envious of their ability to attain something I often can't: a state of transcendence induced by art.

Rumaan Alam

LifeChildrenArtBathBubbleAwe

I'm generally so disoriented during the week about what I'm doing and where I am - I travel a lot - that when I'm home on a Sunday, I typically try to sleep in as much as I can.

Mike Birbiglia

HomeTravelSleepI AmDoingWeek

Grammar, which knows how to control even kings.

Moliere

ControlKingsGrammarEvenKnows

I think everything's fair in art and how you perceive a character.

Juan Pablo Di Pace

CharacterArtThinkYouFairHow

In her religious role, the Queen is head of the Church of England, but in her civic role she cares for all her subjects, and no one is better at making everyone she meets feel valued.

Jonathan Sacks

QueenBetterChurchFeelSheHead

I've always expected a lot out of myself, and it can be a good quality. But it can be bad at times, too.

Christian Pulisic

GoodMyselfQualityBadAlwaysOut

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