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“eBay's business is based on enabling someone to do business with another person, and to do that, they first have to develop some measure of trust, either in the other person or the system.”
Source : "Online Extra: Pierre Omidyar on "Connecting People". Interview with Robert D. Hof, www.bloomberg.com. June 20, 2005.
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“Never can a room look comfortable without books ... Books ought to be scattered all over the house, even in the passages, in the bedroom, les livres du chevet, everywhere.”
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“It took me a very long time to realize that inherently the materials have this beautiful quality without me having to impose meaning onto them.”
Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
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“No effect that requires more than 10 percent accuracy in measurement is worth investigating.”
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“I love to dwell on the thought that the artist is next in divinity to the saint. He, like the saint, performs miracles.”
Source : Sir Stanley Spencer, Adrian Glew (2001). “Stanley Spencer: letters and writings”, Tate
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“An IPO is like a negotiated transaction - the seller chooses when to come public - and it's unlikely to be a time that's favourable to you.”
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“You have to know what you're doing and where you're going. For some guys, the answer is just keep doing what you're doing. For other guys, that might not be the case. It just depends on what kind you are.”
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“We are not known by our bank balances or who our parents are. It is ultimately we who have to prove ourselves. It is not important to own a particular brand of car. But we should be a brand in ourselves. Each of us is unique.”