- 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
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want all of America to get to know me better and to know that I am a good kid.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I met my wife, my whole life changed on a dime, really quickly and for the better.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I've said before, only half in joke, is that everybody in Ireland is famous. Or, maybe better, say everybody is familiar.
- Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born deaf. I was raised in a hearing world and in a deaf world at the same time. I can't say that I like one better than I like the other. I like them both. I speak pretty well; I gesture. If I don't understand something, you know, pen and paper, texting. I use it all.
- Availability
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- Nov 07, 2020
The availability of roles for deaf actors has always been very limited. After 'Switched at Birth' began including deaf actors, a ripple effect has definitely been created in the industry. 'Switched at Birth' has made an impact for the better.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
The bottom line, in the professional level, no matter where you go, there's going to be competition. That's what it is. At the end of the day, you're trying to put team first and make each other better.
- Brightest
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- Nov 07, 2020
Now things have changed for the better. Our reforms end seniority and tenure so we can hire and fire based on merit and pay based on performance. That means we can put the best and the brightest in our classrooms - and we can keep them there.
- Done
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe that smaller government is better government. But I also believe that in the areas where government does play a legitimate role, we should demand that it is done better.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
Let this be our time in history so that someday we can tell our children and grandchildren that we were there, that we changed the course of history for the better.
- Big Company
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- Nov 07, 2020
Working at a big company sucks - avoid it. Smaller companies are 10 times better for learning.
- Problems
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- Nov 07, 2020
The thorniest business problems will surface at the board meetings, and the different, sharp opinions help to better explore the poles of the arguments to make better decisions.
- Checking
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- Nov 07, 2020
The best board members aren't elected by default. CEOs that set themselves up with their choice of board member - which means getting more than one term sheet and doing extensive reference checking - are better off.
- Leader
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't like sweating the details, and I'm pretty disorganized. To be a better leader, I need to stay on top of these shortcomings, and being reminded really helps.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Things for me really started to click right after my third year in the league. I sort of figured out that there were a few things that I needed to do if I wanted to get better - I needed to gain some more weight and add some strength.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
We believed it was better to pay as you go than it was to pay your bills by borrowing and laying up debts for another day. To pay as you go, that policy is a safer business policy and a saner business policy, and we thought it was a saner national policy.
- Fly
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think L.A.'s terrific. You fly an hour and a half and you're in the mountains in three feet of powder. I also think it's a much better city if you're working as an actor. If you're not working and you don't see your dreams coming true, there can be a lot of heartache.
- Photography
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- Nov 07, 2020