"A real entrepreneur is somebody who has no safety net underneath them."

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Source : "Avatar of American Finance". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. February 12, 1991.

Henry Kravis

#Inspirational Quotes #Real Quotes #Safety Quotes

“For the longest time I have had so much belief and confidence in myself, which as an actor you need, because the entertainment industry is incredible competitive, brutal, and unpredictable just when you start to think you know what's going on.”

Source : Interview with Ocean Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. December 31, 2013.
“For this is wisdom: to live, to take what fate, or the Gods, may give.”
“Democrat flaks jump on this like ducks on a June-bug, and in the process themselves reproduce the sick militarism of this culture that automatically valorizes anyone who wears a uniform. How dare you insult a soldier! Like its some sacred calling instead of an imperial employment program steeped in the culture of machismo and misogyny.(And you can gasp as theatrically as you want I spent more than two decades wearing a uniform that is exactly what it is.)”
“If we consider how greatly he has sinned against the masses in the course of the centuries, how he has squeezed and sucked the blood again and again; if furthermore, we consider how the people gradually learned to hate him for this, and ended up by regarding his existence as nothing but punishment of Heaven for the other peoples, we can understand how hard this shift must be for the Jew.”
“Being famous is not something that would make me feel successful - unless one was striving for mediocrity.”
“Big data isnâ€™t about bits, itâ€™s about talent.”
“Sometimes even feeling bad feels good. Negative emotions can feel so familiar (especially if they mimic our past) as to actually be comforting. Awareness is realizing that our life could always be better. Growth is doing what it takes to make it better...”
“When you arrive in heaven, you will know that answering the call was worth it. Answering the call is always worth it.”

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