- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
Better Quotes
On growth, progress and making things better.
These quotes range from finishing a piece of writing that finally feels worth sharing to teamwork producing stronger results than working alone, with a side note on technology's uneven effect on security. For more, see our Growth quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Glasses
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- Nov 07, 2020
I see wrinkles and lines, and wear glasses to read, which I hate. But I am in a better place in my body than I used to be.
- Happen
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've watched my peers get better with age and hoped that would happen with me.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to think I get better with age, but maybe absence makes the heart grow fonder.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
Elvis might have compromised his musical style a bit towards the end, but that doesn't mean that artists from the rock n' roll/folk-roots culture - of which he was not really a part - shouldn't get better as they get older, like the great jazz or blues artists.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of political music to me can be rather pedantic and corny, and when it's done right - like Bruce Springsteen or Jackson Browne or great satire from Randy Newman, there's nothing better.
- Poor
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a privilege to serve the poor, to be servants of noble Africans, but I better belong in the rehearsal room or in the studio with my band. That's where I want to be and I still wake up in the morning with melodies in my head.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never really considered myself a wrestler. I always considered myself an entertainer, but I always wanted to be better than the guy next to me.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because of my politics, I don't necessarily think that the independent capitalist is that much better than the multinational capitalist; it's just that the independent capitalist hasn't grown as big yet.
- Creativity
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of libertarians and ultra-capitalists like to put out this idea that competition makes for better creativity. But it's just because we don't see all the creativity that's been crushed.
- Nov 07, 2020
The dreadful truth is that when people come to see their MP they have run out of better ideas.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was hoping I could become a success to give my mother and my father a better way of living.
- Quit
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm amazed by the ground that I covered. The music's the number-one thing. And if it isn't, you better quit now.
- Mistakes
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you back off, it's easier to do mistakes. For me it's better to ski fast.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
My team has been very unreceptive about the fact that I consistently show them that I train slightly differently than they do, that I consistently show them that I am in better shape for ski racing than anyone else on the team.
- Play
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- Nov 07, 2020
The more you play, you get a better rhythm and play better.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020