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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It is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life. ~Jane Austen
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A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid. ~J. R. R. Tolkien
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I would like, if I can, to broaden the possibilities of the musical theater. I think there is a better "Oklahoma!" someplace, a better "West Side Story." And I would like to be mixed up in it. ~Richard Rodgers
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By keeping most tax rates at present levels, Obama and the Democrats will claim that they have championed tax cuts for the middle class. ~John Podhoretz
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The thing about being an actor is that every new job is a new challenge. Sometimes you'll have a shot, and it doesn't work. Sometimes it'll work better than you expected. ~Jacki Weaver
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The First Amendment only says "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." It can disrespect all it wants. ~P. J. O'Rourke
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Fortune favors the bold. ~English Proverb
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Do not speak of secrets in a field that is full of little hills. ~Hebrew Proverb
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Authors are far closer to the truths enfolded in mystery than ordinary people, because of that very audacity of imagination which irritates their plodding critics. As only those who dare to make mistakes succeed greatly, only those who shake free the wings of their imagination brush, once in a way, the secrets of the great pale world. If such writers go wrong, it is not for the mere brains to tell them so ~Gertrude Atherton
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It is better to conceal one's knowledge than to reveal one's ignorance. ~Spanish 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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I am a fervent foe of water pollution, whether it is our own Hudson River or Philadelphia's tap water. ~Gore Vidal
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It is better to be born a beggar than a fool. ~Spanish Proverb
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The recognition of the art that informs all pure science need not mean the abandonment for it of all present art, rather it will mean the completion of the transformation of art that has already begun. ~John Desmond Bernal
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It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools. ~Spanish Proverb
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It is better to trust the eyes rather than the ears. ~German Proverb
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It is better to practice a little than talk a lot. ~Zen Proverb
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Public money is like holy water; everyone helps himself to it. ~Italian Proverb
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Life begins the day you start a garden. ~Chinese Proverb
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Self-criticism is an art not many are qualified to practice. ~Joyce Carol Oates
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The world will be balanced when we are balanced. ~Tarthang Tulku
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If you had to choose only two qualities to get you through times of change, the first should be a sense of self-worth and the second a sense of humor. ~Jennifer James
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Since one Satan is one too many for me, I would not multiply him. ~Mahatma Gandhi
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It is the end of art to inoculate men with the love of nature. ~Henry Ward Beecher
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