Machel Montano quotes

“Hire people who intimidate you.”
-- Machel Montano

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“In the early '70s [the late] Ras Shorty and I took Indian dholak drumming [from chutney music, another Indo-Trinidadian creation], fused it with calypso's African rhythms, and soca was born against the wishes of the purists.”
-- Machel Montano

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“The question of boundaries is a major question of the Jewish people because the Jews are the great experts of crossing boundaries. They have a sense of identity inside themselves that doesn't permit them to cross boundaries with other people.”

Source : "Boundaries And Crossing". Interview with Vered Shemtov, shma.com. March 4, 2004.

“My goal has been to encourage jointness, to push people to think of affiliations rather than to operate as solo entrepreneurs.”

“Solve a real problem. You don't start a company because you want to be an entrepreneur or the fame and glory that comes along with it. You become an entrepreneur to solve a real problem.”

“Venture capitalists are like lemmings jumping on the software bandwagon.”

“Working together is a way of knowing each other better.”

“When you see something that's so excellent it can be intimidating to walk into it no matter how many people you know.”

“Stage is much more intimidating than going before the cameras, because you can really screw up, and can't do a retake.”

“My family were all into classical music, and I found that very intimidating.”

“Nothing is more intimidating than an idiotic grin worn by a manifest non-idiot.”

“my courage always rises with every attempt to intimidate me.”

Source : Jane Austen (1853). “Pride and Prejudice”, p.152