"E-mail has some magical ability to turn off the politeness gene in a human being."
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"I don't want to use my creative energy on somebody else's user interface."
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"I don't know about you, but most of my exchanges with cashiers are not that meaningful."
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"What consumerism really is, at its worst is getting people to buy things that don't actually improve their lives."
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"I strongly believe that missionaries make better products. They care more. For a missionary, it's not just about the business. There has to be a business, and the business has to make sense, but that's not why you do it. You do it because you have something meaningful that motivates you."
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"If we think long term, we can accomplish things that we couldn't otherwise accomplish."
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"The thing that motivates me is a very common form of motivation. And that is, with other folks counting on me, it's so easy to be motivated."
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"There are two kinds of companies, those that work to try to charge more and those that work to charge less. We will be the second."
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"You don't want to negotiate the price of simple things you buy every day."
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"We change our tools and then our tools change us."
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"My grandfather taught me that it is harder to be kind than it is to be clever."
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"Part of company culture is path-dependent. It’s the lessons you learn along the way."
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"There'll always be serendipity involved in discovery."
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"Our garage was basically science fair central."
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"You have to use your judgment. In cases like that, we say, 'let's be simple minded. We know this is a feature that's good for customers. Let's do it."
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"We are at the 1908 Hurley washing machine stage with the Internet."
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"In the end, we are our choices."
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"I try to spend my time on areas that I think are important for the future, and where I think I can add value."
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"If you don't understand the details of your business you are going to fail."
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"Do something you're very passionate about, and don't try to chase what is kind of the "hot passion" of the day."
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