I've lived in Jakarta and have seen a lot more by living here, and I understand that there's so much more to Indonesia than just Bali and Jakarta.
I am always who I am, and anyone who's known me forever will tell you that. I guess there's enough of a child in me that that's important.
As a young woman, I attended Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg, South Africa, which was then not segregated. But I witnessed the weight of apartheid everywhere around me.
We in Scotland need fiscal responsibility. Quite simply, we need to be responsible for what we raise in tax and what we spend in tax.
Our customers call and e-mail us to say that's how it feels when a Zappos box arrives. And that's how we view this company.
I view my role more as trying to set up an environment where the personalities, creativity and individuality of all the different employees come out and can shine.
I read so much data. There's so much information that comes my way. And there's got to be a way for me to delegate more.
In the present epoch of struggle between two worlds the two opposing and antagonistic trends penetrating the foundations of nearly all branches of biology are particularly sharply defined.
Progressively thinking biologists, both in our country and abroad, saw in Darwinism the only right road to the further development of scientific biology.
When you look at a commodities market you need hedgers and speculators. If you don't have one, you don't have a market. That's how it works.
I was very fortunate in my gene mix. The gambling instincts I inherited from my father were matched by my mother's gift for analysis.
Chief executives, who themselves own few shares of their companies, have no more feeling for the average stockholder than they do for baboons in Africa.
To me, emails are a little bit frustrating. I think that the telephone is much preferred because you get the sound of the voice and the interest and everything else you can't see in an email.
I enjoy everything. I actually do listen to everything. In high school, I listened to a lot of metal and punk rock.
I think when you play 'Psychonauts,' you are kind of playing inside of my head.
Virtually every magazine, newspaper, TV station and cable channel is owned by a big corporation, and they've squashed stories that they don't want the public to know about.
I don't plan tours necessarily around records. I know that's what most people do.
One of the things I really like about Ford's films is how there is always a focus on the way characters live, and not just the male heroes.
My message to Washington is very simple. Face reality. Be leaders. Demonstrate accountability. Engage in principle compromise. And understand your job is to find solutions.
It is often constructive to meet with a candidate for a particular office, but I believe what is most important is the candidate's track record.
I don't feel I'm at liberty to speak about the actions of any one CEO. That's not fair; given CEOs have duties to their shareholders.
