"I think the varied backgrounds in the beginning were a plus. It took a while for people to understand what they were trying to do and get started, but it did provide for a lot of new ideas."

-- Jack Kilby

#Thinking Quotes #Ideas Quotes #People Quotes

“I have Social Disease. I have to go out every night. If I stay home one night I start spreading rumors to my dogs.”
“You look at yourself and you accept yourself for who you are, and once you accept yourself for who you are you become a better person.”
“Every team is beatable, you know.”
“We are so obsessed with the Net and technology that we forget the message... We imagine to be able to do anything, and our software helps us believe we can... But we must move beyond the 'how' to reconsider the 'what' and the 'why'...”
“Remember, folks, I am a comedian, not a journalist.”
“Much-derided chick lit, chick flicks, and chick magazines have left ambitious women in a bind. Why is it that I, a young woman, can read 'GQ,' enjoy 'Fight Club,' and subscribe to 'Thrillist,' while the idea of a guy doing the same with 'Glamour,' '27 Dresses' and 'Daily Candy' is nearly unheard of?”

Source : "A Movement: The Daily Muse" by Kathryn Minshew, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 1, 2011.
“They put me on the shift where they thought I could do the least harm, midnight to eight in the morning. Although the hours were lousy, they were perfect for an apprentice reporter.”

Source : Andrea Mitchell (2006). “Talking Back: . . . to Presidents, Dictators, and Assorted Scoundrels”, p.67, Penguin
“A movie I must have seen 10 times is 'Jonathan Livingston Seagull.' It's an old movie, but still such a beautiful message. If I had only one film I could take on my computer on a desert island, I would take 'Jonathan Livingston Seagull.'”

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