"And for all my rampant technological optimism, sometimes I think I'd be more comfortable if I were regarding these transcendental events from one thousand years remove... instead of twenty."

-- Vernor Vinge

#Thinking Quotes #Years Quotes #Optimism Quotes

“What happened in my personal life affected my career too. I am not perfect and I have made a lot of mistakes. Being an entrepreneur is incredibly lonely. There were many hurdles along the way. From starting out, to making it, and almost losing it, to fighting back, to nearly losing it all again. There have been extreme highs and extreme lows.”

Source : Source: www.businessinsider.com
“There never yet was a mother who taught her child to be an infidel.”
“I would like a food/lifestyle show. We're not sure what that is yet. I want to be able to share what I do and how I raise my family. I feel like I have a story to tell. I enjoy talking and listening, sharing ideas and sharing advice.”
“My dad said 'When you love what you do, you never work a day in your life,' and I agree with that.”

Source : "Hunter Hayes just needed to'reset' to write encore tunes" by Jocelyn Vena, www.mtv.com. June 17, 2013.
“I don't like my whole life dragged out. I don't want anyone to know about me, because I don't think I'm very interesting... I like my work. I like what I gave. And that was it.”
“Why is it that big companies fail when the technology changes? It happens in every industry, so what's the pattern? What are they all doing wrong?”

Source : "Jesse Schell: Xbox, PlayStation and the Innovator's Dilemma". Interview with Matthew Handrahan, www.gamesindustry.biz. August 5, 2013.
“There are a lot of idiot fund managers out there who add no value to the process at all.”
“As an author you hope your characters have sparks but truly in the end they have minds of their own!”

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