Taavet Hinrikus Quotes

I spent my workdays at Skype creating a more connected world. We were shrinking the distances between people, making it easier to connect across countries. Then I'd go to my bank to transfer my euros to pounds, and it was like going back in time 50 years: expensive, inconvenient, and painfully slow. It was a nightmare.

Taavet Hinrikus

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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  • Nationality: estonian
  • Birth: 1981

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TimePeopleWorldSlowBackGo

Some people like to purge out a draft and just let it go and then go back and fix it, but I'm a writer-rewriter. I can't move on until I feel like it's presentable.

Jim Rash

PeopleFeelBackGoMove OnFix

Other people will call me a rebel, but I just feel like I'm living my life and doing what I want to do. Sometimes people call that rebellion, especially when you're a woman.

Joan Jett

LifeWomanPeopleMeMy LifeDoing

The business of a bank is to lend money; which amounts, nowadays, to lending credit.

John Buchanan Robinson

BusinessMoneyCreditBankNowadays

Most TV shows don't reward you for paying attention.

Matt Groening

AttentionYouRewardMostTVShows

I've found I get big things done when I'm on airplanes or in hotel rooms. It's a total needle-mover to book a fantastic room in a place you adore and then put the 'do not disturb' on the phone and door for a week.

Robin S. Sharma

DoorBookHotelWeekYouPhone

I think our democracy has it exactly right: two terms, eight years. It's enough. Because it's important to have one foot in reality when you have access to this kind of power.

Michelle Obama

PowerDemocracyThinkRealityEnough

Not yet, but I do wanna work with Leona Lewis. I love her, she's so sweet! I think she's working on her album as well so I'd love to do a nice powerful female duet with her. I think our voices would blend really well. There's a couple of other people I'd love to work with - like Fergie, Justin Timberlake and Alicia Keys.

Jordin Sparks

WorkLovePeopleSweetThinkNice

If we destroy human rights and rule of law in the response to terrorism, they have won.

Joichi Ito

LawRule Of LawTerrorismHumanRule

I think when I was quite younger, I was always quite a tomboy.

Bonnie Wright

ThinkAlwaysTomboyYoungerI Think

The most famous rumor for me is that I had throat cancer. I never had throat cancer... I don't know why that started... The way I sing, probably.

Bob Seger

MeFamousKnowWhyWayNever

I love watching old movies, and I read a lot of autobiographies.

Winona Ryder

LoveMoviesOldWatchingReadLot

I'd like to try comedy, at some point, but no one ever hires me for comedy, ever.

Paula Malcomson

MeComedyTryPointLikeSome

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