Start-up success is not a consequence of good genes or being in the right place at the right time. Success can be engineered by following the right process, which means it can be learned, which means it can be taught. ~Eric Ries
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In my home country, there was a little shop with old books, but it was really in the countryside. You couldn't find English books. I found this very avant-garde American art book that had information about Georgia O'Keeffe. I was very much impressed by her. ~Yayoi Kusama
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A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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I have noticed that people tend to stop maturing when they start self-medicating. Everyone has very tough seasons of life, but by persevering through them we have an opportunity to mature and grow as people. Those who self-medicate, often thwart maturity as they escape the tough seasons of life rather than face them. ~Mark Driscoll
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From early childhood, I was interested in understanding how the world worked, and assumed I would be some kind of physical scientist or chemist. But the truth was, I didn't know there was another kind of world, the inner world, that was just as interesting, if not more relevant, than what was going on in the outside world. ~Stephen LaBerge
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The dog wags his tail, not for you, but for your bread. ~Portuguese Proverb
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The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry. ~French Proverb
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What if loving something means you should mostly feel frustrated and thwarted? And then a little ruined, too, by the pursuit? But you keep coming back for more? ~Chang-Rae Lee
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From the bitterness of disease man learns the sweetness of health. ~Catalan Proverb
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It is better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand days as lamb. ~Roman Proverb
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There is very little difference between one person and another, but what little difference there is, is very important. ~William James
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Fear is worse than the ordeal itself. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out. ~Francis Bacon
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To love playthings well as a child, to lead an adventurous and honorable youth, and to settle when the time arrives, into a green and smiling age, is to be a good artis en life and deserve well of yourself and your neighbor. ~Robert Louis Stevenson
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A nickel will get you on the subway, but garlic will get you a seat. ~American Proverb
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Properly trained, a man can be dog's best friend. ~Corey Ford
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He who fears something gives it power over him. ~Moorish Proverb
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Sure it's a big job, but I don't know anyone who can do it better than I can. ~John F. Kennedy
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Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. ~English Proverb
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I started off with a company, InfoSpace, with my own funding. The company was listed among the most successful companies and I went on to start Intelius and Moon Express. Now, I focus my time on using the skills of an entrepreneur to solve many of the grand challenges facing us in the areas of education, healthcare, clean water and energy. ~Naveen Jain
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The privatization law draft was recently released and I believe that very soon we will start applying it, of course taking into consideration the provisions of UNMIK (United Nations Mission in Kosovo). ~Ibrahim Rugova
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Life is half spent before one knows what life is. ~French Proverb
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Life begins the day you start a garden. ~Chinese Proverb
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A dog that barks does not bite. ~Arabic Proverb
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If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. ~Chinese Proverb
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