Chris Hughes quotes

My real big Internet claim to fame is the fact that I was first to jailbreak the iPhone. (Chris Hughes)
The more connected that individual is to an issue they care about, the higher probability there is they will stay involved over a longer period of time. View quote
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By 2007, we were finally living in a culture where people get what networks are and what technology can do to connect people. View quote
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I was on significant financial aid, an only child, with parents who didn't have much living in North Carolina. View quote
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What's really interesting is the introduction of the tablet - not just the iPad, but the Nook and the Kindle. While they aren't going to solve all of our problems, I do think they make it easier for people to pause, linger, read and really process very important ideas. View quote
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I'm the kind of person that needs to think things through. But when I know what I want to do, I really know. View quote
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It takes time for people to get to know a cause or an organization. View quote
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I fundamentally believe that people have a genuine desire to be positively engaged in the world around them. View quote
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Profit per se is not my motive. View quote
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I knew I wanted to do something at the nexus of what I call global development and technology. View quote
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Anybody can be ambitious. (Chris Hughes)
I exercise most days. View quote
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People are doing amazing things right now on the Web. View quote
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Mostly what I'm focused on is finding people who are younger who haven't built companies before but have a good idea. View quote
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I don't really know what 'community' means. And I never use that word. View quote
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I really want to move away from the old model in which you have to rely on people giving $10 after a humanitarian crisis to a newer model where people give money but also their time and their skills, whatever they have, to the causes that are personally meaningful to them well before the crisis moment presents itself. View quote
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I went to boarding school Southern, religious, and straight, and I left boarding school not being at all religious and not being straight. View quote
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I am a person who feels compelled and then gets immersed. View quote
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I was trying to figure out how to use the skills I had developed in the world of social change. View quote
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Maybe it is because of Facebook or something else, but I have been interested in journalism for a long time. View quote
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Many of us get our news from social networks, blogs, and daily aggregators. (Chris Hughes)
I think Twitter is great. View quote
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Buzz is not what I am looking for. View quote
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Ads shouldn't be in people's way. View quote
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As a child I wanted to become an architect. View quote
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Chris Hughes

Occupation: American Businessman
Quotes count: 28

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