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Patrick Pichette Quotes

People think, 'Well, because you're at Google, you can work from anywhere.' Yes, you can work from anywhere, but many just commute to offices... Working from the office is really important.

Patrick Pichette

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: businessman
Nationality: canadian

Topics

Work People Think You Important Yes

I actually collect old First and Second World War memorabilia.

Jeremy Irvine

War World Old First Second Actually

When I'm working, on sets or stages, my contracts specify in the rider that no plastic bottles be used. When I'm playing with my band, we all use metal and non-plastic containers for drinking to be ecologically sensitive and show others that this is the way to go.

Jeff Bridges

Go Way Others Band Plastic Playing

Let's be honest: The trade embargo with Cuba hasn't secured our interests or helped the Cuban people. Because the way to promote positive change and better human rights in Cuba is through engagement, not isolation.

Amy Klobuchar

Positive Change People Isolation Way

I don't want to do an action movie, because I've acted in them, and they're so boring to do, because they're so technical. The headache of that is daunting. But, if it were an action movie with really interesting characters, how great would that be?

Tony Goldwyn

Great Action Interesting Want Boring

A comedy scene can't really have two weirdoes in it. It doesn't make any sense that way, so you need someone to ground it and call out what's unusual about this person and this scene. Early on, I got pretty good at doing that, and I felt pretty comfortable doing that.

Rob Huebel

Good Comedy Someone Doing You Early

We all should respect Chris Stevens, who dedicated his life to trying to improve relations between the Arab world and the western world.

Mitchell Zuckoff

Life Respect World Trying Improve

My father gave me an old Olympia portable when I was in fourth grade. Our ancestors came from Ireland. Our family stories of immigration helped me understand more about my characters in 'The Lemon Orchard.'

Luanne Rice

Family Father Me Immigration More

I think the brutality is important to convey as part of the story, to see how brutal it is to have these kids in battle with one another.

Josh Hutcherson

Story Think Battle Important See

For me, books were my source of affirmation. Alice Walker, Audrey Lord - it was these authors who wrote about their experiences. It was this weird thing where I was censored in terms of what I could watch but not in terms of what I could read.

Dee Rees

Me Weird Affirmation Source Watch

My books are often shelved around those of Chinua Achebe and Margaret Atwood, or Chimamanda Adichie and Monica Ali. All of this depends, of course, on the bookstore and how conversant the shelf stocker is with the alphabet.

Chris Abani

Books Shelf Course Alphabet Depends

We are all unappealing. It is just a matter of how much we let people see it.

Claire Messud

People Matter See Just Much How

My mother had introduced me to a lot of my father's friends because she believed that I would get to know the guy my dad was better through his friends than just in the hospital visits.

Arlo Guthrie

Father Mother Me Better Friends She