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Although I Considered Putting My Eight Years Of Boy Scout Experience And Love For Our Nation To The Test By Joining The Military, I Did Not Want To Put Myself In A Position Where I Might Be Commanded To Take The Life Of Another, And Quickly Ended My Flirtation With Military Service.

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Although I Considered Putting My Eight Years Of Boy Scout Experience And Love For Our Nation To The Test By Joining The Military, I Did Not Want To Put Myself In A Position Where I Might Be Commanded To Take The Life Of Another, And Quickly Ended My Flirtation With Military Service.

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I Don't Believe That Old Cliche That Good Things Come To Those Who Wait. I Think Good Things Come To Those Who Want Something So Bad They Can't Sit Still.

I Mean, Everyone Has To Calm Down Sometime. I'll Still Smoke Up And Party, But Yeah, Eventually You Gotta Settle Down And Be An Adult. But Still Have Fun. Demi's Helped Me Sort Of Like, Understand That Down The Road It'll Just Happen.

I Love Efficiencies And I Love Solving Big Problems, And I Love Working With People Who Create Efficiencies. I Love Creating Efficiencies In My Own Life On A Day-to-day Basis.

I Fail Frequently - I Just Try To Keep It Quiet.

I Never Quit My Job Until I Had My Next Job.

It Takes A Lot Of Energy To Be Funny... For Me It Does. I Feel Like I Work Twice As Hard When I'm Doing Comedy.

My Parents Couldn't Give Me A Whole Lot Of Financial Support, But They Gave Me Good Genes. My Dad Is A Handsome Son-of-a-gun, And My Mom Is Beautiful. And I've Definitely Been The Lucky Recipient. So, Thank You, Mom And Dad.

After 'punk'd,' My Company Katalyst Did A Deal With Aol To Produce Short-form Content For The Web. At That Time It Was A Different Game. If You Got Front-page Coverage On Any Popular Website, You Could Probably Get A Push.

I Think Ryan Gosling Is A Really Great Actor Who's Meticulous About His Work. And I'd Love To Have The Guts That Johnny Depp Has To Actually Go Outside The Box On A Character. When He Plays A Character, He Plays It In A Way That Nobody Else Would.

I Don't Understand Shopping, It Doesn't Make Any Sense To Me. As Guys, We Decide We Want Something And Then We Go Out And Buy It. Women Go To The Store Having No Idea What They're Going To Buy, Or What They're Even Doing, It's Like A Whole Different Sport. It's Like Going To A Football Game To Maybe Watch A Game. I Don't Get It.

I Think Great Relationships Are Great Partnerships, And Those Come In All Shapes, Sizes, Forms, Ages. The Only Tip I Have For Anyone In A Relationship Or A Partnership Is Work On It When It's Good. It's Very Easy To Try To Take The Break When Things Are Going Good, But That's The Time You Have To Keep Working On It, Because You Can Keep It Good, And That's Worth A Lot.

There's No Text That Can Replace A Loving Touch When Someone We Love Is Hurting.

I Would Say Probably My Most Alpha Quality Is My Competitive Nature. I'm Very Competitive, And It Tends To Bring Out Very Much The Man In Me.

I Like Being What The Girls Call Mod-"my Other Dad." What I've Learned In The Past Year Is That Every Kid Is Different. But As Long As You Love Them And Never Forget That Love, Then You Have The Key. I Think It's All About Just Being There And Loving Them Because Kids Feel That Every Single Day.

I Think Bitcoins Are Obviously Becoming More And More Relevant.

The Sexiest Thing In The Entire World Is Being Really Smart. And Being Thoughtful And Being Generous. Everything Else Is Crap. I Promise You. It's Just Crap That People Try To Sell To You To Make You Feel Like Less. So Don't Buy It. Be Smart. Be Thoughtful And Be Generous.

The Thing That Enchants Me The Most Is The Ability Women Have To Feel Other People's Pain. The Total Empathy That Women Have Is Extraordinary.

Leapfrog Innovation - Consistent, Constant, Ridiculous Leapfrog Innovation - Only Happens Within A Dictatorship. Any Time You Try To Do Something Really Innovative, Most People Aren't Going To Understand It Until After They Experience It. So When You're Developing In Innovation, You Have To Be A Dictator.

I've Constantly Done My Best To Get The Best Material I Can Get With The Best Directors I Can Get To Direct Me.

If Facebook Gets Your Entire Social Graph, You Don't Necessarily Want To Share Everything With Your Entire Social Graph. You Might Wanna Parse That Social Graph. So There's A Company Called Pass That Is A Private Social Network That I Personally Use For My Friends And My Family.

I Learned What A Birkin Bag Is From The Price Tag. You'll Never Forget What It Is Once You've Paid For One.

I Try To Make Good Decisions As Decisions Come Up.

Anyone Who Has Tried To Build Something That Changes People's Lives Sometimes Finds Life To Be A Distraction, And Finds People Who Don't Care As Much As They Do To Be Annoying.

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