The thing that excites me, and the thing that excited me about Twitter, is the idea of a flock of birds moving around an object in flight.
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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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When you think about Twitter, there are people all around the world reporting twenty-four seven, every second. They’re reporting what they’re seeing and what’s happening around them. So there’s a lot of potential for breaking news.
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In any leadership position, you’re always going to be disappointing somebody.
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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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I got an idea: people like news why don’t we write the news down on a piece of paper, and we’ll gas them up and drive them to everyone’s house.
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You can be hyperconnected, then you can take a break for a couple days and it’s fine.
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People are watching TV, they’re watching some clips on their iPhone. I mean, some folks are sitting there on the iPhone, watching the Colbert Report, and meanwhile there’s a huge plasma TV right in front of them that they could be watching it on.
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I mean just look at haiku, the idea of it. We want to focus on that singularity, on that simplicity, but we still want to add features and add value, but we want to do it in a way that fits in with that mentality of simplicity. You have to spend a lot of time thinking about it.
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Doing startups is all about making mistakes.
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Understand that you dont have all the answers, you just have to start somewhere and keep an open mind.
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I was kind of showing the art director a thing or two about how to use a Mac. And one day everyone went out to lunch and I jumped on the computer and designed a book jacket and slipped it in the pile to go to the review board in New York.
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Success isn´t guaranteed, but failure is certain if you aren´t truly emotionally invested in your work.
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Both my wife and I have a lot of compassion for animals in general.
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Even though running is physically straining, it’s mentally refreshing. Especially when you feel like you’ve accomplished something.
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I realized ceativity is a renewable resource. You never run out of good ideas
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