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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God help the rich man, let the poor man beg. ~English Proverb
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Death pays all debts. ~English Proverb
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Do not fall before you are pushed. ~English Proverb
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Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox. ~English Proverb
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If envy were a fever, all the world would be ill. ~Danish Proverb
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He who eats alone chokes alone. ~Proverb
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The tongue of experience has most truth. ~Arabic Proverb
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The privatization law draft was recently released and I believe that very soon we will start applying it, of course taking into consideration the provisions of UNMIK (United Nations Mission in Kosovo). ~Ibrahim Rugova
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A woman either hates or loves, there is no third course. ~Latin Proverb
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Most Fortune 500 companies began as small start-ups whose entrepreneurial founders slowly developed the infrastructure, hired the staff, sourced manufacturers or built their own factory, and created distribution, sales, and marketing plans. ~Lynda Resnick
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If somebody from the past doesn't rise up from the grave and start talking to me, I haven't got a book. I have to hear that voice, the voice of the narrator. How she sounds will tell me who she is, and who she is will tell me how she will act - and that starts the plot in motion. ~Geraldine Brooks
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There are two kinds of people; those who are always well and those who are always sick. Most of the evils of the world come from the first sort and most of the achievement from the second. ~Louis Dudek
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Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. ~Chinese Proverb
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A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will. ~Spanish Proverb
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I started off with a company, InfoSpace, with my own funding. The company was listed among the most successful companies and I went on to start Intelius and Moon Express. Now, I focus my time on using the skills of an entrepreneur to solve many of the grand challenges facing us in the areas of education, healthcare, clean water and energy. ~Naveen Jain
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Power changes everything till it is difficult to say who are the heroes and who the villains. ~Libba Bray
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Every smile makes you a day younger. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you neglect your art for one day it will neglect you for two. ~Chinese Proverb
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Every new day is another chance to change your life. ~Native American Proverb
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A man without religion is like a horse without a bridle. ~Latin Proverb
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Proverbs are the lamps to words. ~Arabic Proverb
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One who walks in another's tracks leaves no footprints. ~Proverb
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Sure it's a big job, but I don't know anyone who can do it better than I can. ~John F. Kennedy
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The term "genre" eventually becomes pejorative because you're referring to something that's so codified and ritualised that it ceases to have the power and meaning it had when it first started. ~Christopher Nolan
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