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One of the first things we did was to find role models or mentors at companies that had achieved what we wanted… — Mitch Harper Copy Share Image
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Dream and deed are not as different as many think. All the deeds of men are dreams at first, and become dreams… — Theodor Herzl Copy Share Image
Today at school I will learn to read at once; then tomorrow I will begin to write, and the day after tomorrow… — Carlo Collodi Copy Share Image
To the extent that I've ever understood postmodernism - and I'm sure there are people out there who do, but I'm not… — Steve Erickson Copy Share Image
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For the first time all day I felt safe. Except that Patch had cornered me in a dark tunnel and was possibly… — Becca Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
Eddie Murphy was my guy for a long time. My first exposure to 'SNL' was his 'Best Of' VHS, and I would… — Taran Killam Copy Share Image
They [leaders in Western Europe] do not misuse financial instruments, financial injections, but, first of all, seek structural change. This is urgent… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
I think there should be a reworking of the value structure of art. The value is when the artist makes a first… — Lawrence Weiner Copy Share Image
Memory, with its fugitive adjustments, is the merciful veil to the grim enactments of the first law. It hides the anguish in… — Stacy Aumonier Copy Share Image
Then there were the shabti, magical figurines that were supposed to come to life when summoned. A few months ago, I’d fallen… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Always win fools first. They talk much, and what they have once uttered they will stick to; whereas there is always time,… — Arthur Helps Copy Share Image
You know, it's kind of a shame in a way but the more seasoned directors a lot of times have more difficult… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
Many have marked the speed with which Muad'Dib learned the necessities of Arrakis. The Bene Gesserit, of course, know the basis of… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
As I write, Johnny Rotten's first moments in "Anarchy in the U.K." - a rolling earthquake of a laugh, a buried shout,… — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
How horrifying that morning when you wake up and your first thought is not of the person who has left. That’s when… — Kamila Shamsie Copy Share Image
I had to trick people into giving me money for my first film. Making a romantic comedy is easier and more expected… — Julie Delpy Copy Share Image
Sir: This point of observation commands an area nearly 50 miles in diameter. The city, with its girdle of encampments, presents a… — Thaddeus S. C. Lowe Copy Share Image
I want to be able to write, that's my first love and I don't want to deviate from it even though I… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image