Patrick Collison Quotes

At most large companies, what is locally optimal for you is very frequently not what is globally optimal for the company.

Patrick Collison

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YouCompanyLocallyMostLargeVery

I hate Spanx.

Jennifer Coolidge

HateSpanx

If we're going to change leadership, we need to do it in a very systematic and organized way.

John Fleming

LeadershipChangeWayNeedOrganized

Slavery didn't break up the black families as much as liberal welfare rules.

Andrew Young

SlaveryBlackRulesUpBreakMuch

In 'Taxi,' I kept doing the same scene for three years. I was underused.

Jeff Conaway

DoingThreeSameYearsTaxiScene

Football is pretty much played 16 times a year, where training is kind of a year-round thing.

Troy Polamalu

FootballTrainingYearKindPretty

I'm working with UNESCO on a project called 'Thirst,' which educates children all over China and promotes awareness to the fact that 300 million people in China do not have access to water.

Joyce Giraud

ChildrenWaterPeopleAwarenessOver

To thrive, all businesses must focus on the art of self-disruption. Rather than wait for the competition to steal your business, every founder and employee needs to be willing to cannibalize their existing revenue streams in order to create new ones. All disruption starts with introspection.

Jay Samit

BusinessArtFocusCompetitionWait

The key for me is to score goals and win trophies.

Diego Costa

GoalsMeWinKeyScoreTrophies

PRONASOL repositions the PRI as a welfare machine.

Denise Dresser

WelfareMachine

People want me to be funny all the time. They think I'm being funny no matter what I say or do and that's not the case.

Christopher Guest

FunnyTimePeopleMeThinkWant

My hair was famous before I was.

Christopher Walken

HairFamousBefore

Our platform emphasizes that a vibrant, free and fair market is essential to economic growth.

Cory Booker

GrowthFreeFairEconomic GrowthOur

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