It’s important to credit the brave people that take chances to stand up to regimes. They’re the star.
BIZ STONEI don’t think of Twitter as a social network. I think of it as a messaging system that has a lot of social components to it.
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We realized we weren’t really using Odeo, we weren’t investing our own time creating podcasts.
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Both my wife and I have a lot of compassion for animals in general.
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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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In order to succeed spectacularly you have to be willing to fail spectacularly.
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The most rewarding thing for me has been this affirmation for me that people are basically good and smart, and if you give them a simple tool that allows them to exhibit that behavior, they’ll prove it to you every single day.
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I mean, if you were going to say that now, it doesn’t sound like a great idea, because there are other ways you can distribute the news.
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I think Twitter has brought something totally new to the table.
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I realized ceativity is a renewable resource. You never run out of good ideas
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Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.
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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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They picked my jacket and when the art director got back to Boston, he wanted to know who designed it and I said, “Me.” He was like, “The box guy?”
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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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Experience and curiosity drive us to make unexpected, offbeat connections. It is these nonlinear steps that often lead to the greatest work.
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In any leadership position, you’re always going to be disappointing somebody.
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You can shut down a service, and yet people will find ways to communicate.
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