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I haven’t been paying attention to politics long enough to have really smart opinions.
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You curate information that you want to receive. It’s a lot different because I’m not asking you if it’s okay, I’m just saying I’m following your updates. That’s why I don’t think of Twitter as a social network.
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Creativity is a renewable resource.
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I think you have something really great with all those stories waiting to be told, but I just don’t know how it shapes up exactly. I don’t think there are going to be a lot of newspaper reporters sitting around not writing.
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Doing startups is all about making mistakes.
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Both my wife and I have a lot of compassion for animals in general.
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Constraint inspires creativity
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This idea that the open exchange of information can have a positive global impact is being proven over and over again around the world nearly on a daily basis – and for Secretary Clinton to recognize that, I think, is a huge step.
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So I taught myself web design, and then in 1999 some friends of mine decided to start a company called Xanga.com, which was a very early kind of social network slash blogging community.
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Inventing your dream is the first and biggest step toward making it come true.
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We can break news really fast. When an earthquake happens, there are people Twittering about it.
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You have to have an emotional investment in what you’re doing. If you don’t love what you’re doing, failure is pretty much guaranteed.
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What if the New York Times gave out free, cheap Kindles to everyone and said this is how we’re doing it now. You know? Maybe that’s a way to go.
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People first. Technology second.
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A personal belief is that if you’re not personally invested in what you’re working on, you’ll fail.
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Positive culture comes from being mindful, and respecting your coworkers, and being empathetic.
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