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Jai Ganesh

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Build Quotes - VII

Build Quotes - VII

1. We think the Mac will sell zillions, but we didn't build the Mac for anybody else. We built it for ourselves. We were the group of people who were going to judge whether it was great or not. We weren't going to go out and do market research. We just wanted to build the best thing we could build. - Steve Jobs

2. A lot of credit goes to Google TV for helping that process get started and helping to build something like Chromecast. - Sundar Pichai

3. Business, labor and civil society organizations have skills and resources that are vital in helping to build a more robust global community. - Kofi Annan

4. There are three lessons in philanthropy - one, involve the family, especially the spouse. She can be a remarkable driver of your initiative. Two, you need to build an institution, and you need to scale it up. Choose a leader for philanthropy whom you trust. Three, philanthropy needs patience, tenacity and time. - Azim Premji

5. Let a man sow a field or plant a farm never so well, yet he cannot foretell who will gather in the fruits; another may build him a house of fairest proportion, yet he knows not who will inhabit it. - Xenophon

6. How do you build a relationship when you've hardly shared a word but suddenly share a child? How do you love a daughter you don't see for nearly two years? When does she become your daughter? How does she become your daughter? - Boris Becker

7. To have strongly integrated managers who have a deep understanding of technology is a rare and difficult combination to build. You have to invest a lot in selecting and training these people. - Azim Premji

8. I like to stay home a lot. I like to do other things too, like decorate or build. - Barbra Streisand

9. We understand how to build and manage businesses that involve technology, engineering, and people at a large scale on a global platform. - Azim Premji

10. You can't build a strong corporation with a lot of committees and a board that has to be consulted every turn. You have to be able to make decisions on your own. - Rupert Murdoch

11. You have to build your core nucleus of your team through your draft. What that does is you basically introduce them to your culture and your environment. Then, as guys begin to perform and play to that level, then you say, 'You know what? You guys deserve an extension, so here it is.' - John Dorsey

12. Words build bridges into unexplored regions. - Adolf Hitler

13. We will build new ships to carry man forward into the universe, to gain a new foothold on the moon and to prepare for new journeys to the worlds beyond our own. - George W. Bush

14. Vegas is definitely a new challenge, but I wanted to be able to put on a different type of show. You get to do so much more when you don't have to put your stage in trucks after the show every night - we got to build a venue specifically for my show. It's going to be more like a party than a typical concert. - Britney Spears

15. You just don't luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it's friendships or opportunities. - Barbara Bush.

 

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