Fred Wilson Quotes
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Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.
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Gov. Perry has led the way in Texas on creating an environment for job growth.
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The goal wasn't to create a billion-dollar company. The goal was to create something useful where I could learn things.
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I work legs, upper body, everything. Legs are very important. I do hang cleans and squats - I do primary exercises. Squats work over 60 percent of your muscle mass in your body. The hang cleans work on my explosive movement, which is essential for success.
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If you're a novelist, as I am in real life, you're usually so desperate for any kind of feedback.
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The 77 cents that women make for every dollar men earn makes a real difference to our families - families stretching to make every dollar count.
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I don't feel closeted.
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'Game of Thrones' has multiple story lines, multiple countries, and it's complete fantasy.
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If you saw pictures of me as a kid, you'd laugh because I was always in football kit.
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I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.
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Some of the most radical work is being done in the most commercially pop venues, and some of the most boring work is being done in avant-garde territory.
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I'm letting inspiration move me, in whatever direction it may, without concern if this sounds too rap or too indie, or there's too many words in it.
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Whenever I hear that I'm on the brink of stardom, I feel like I want to run into a cave.
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A bad system will beat a good person every time.
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I've always said that the word 'genius,' especially in Hollywood, is way overused.
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Being an economist is the least ethical profession, closer to charlatanism than any science.
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Our trouble is that we drink too much tea. I see in this the slow revenge of the Orient, which has diverted the Yellow River down our throats.
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The retired L.A.P.D. motor cops who work set security now, all wear the same uniform, they're great guys with great stories, and they're great at their job, providing security on sets.
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I've always adored my father's music, but ever since I'd started singing, whether it was while I was still a student at the University of Massachusetts or professionally, I avoided Dad's material.
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I didn't go to university; I hardly went to school, but I grew up among people well versed in Henry James and Proust, and just felt this endless, total inadequacy.
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We've done as best a job as we can making it clear that I'm earning what I'm earning because of me and not because of who my father is. But at the same time, I'm not ignoring things that would be dumb to ignore, like people that I can know through him and experiences I can have through him and things that I can learn from him.
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That you will become way less concerned with what other people think of you when you realize how seldom they do.
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The notion that a story has a message assumes that it can be reduced to a few abstract words, neatly summarized in a school or college examination paper or a brisk critical review.
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Given New York City's cultural diversity, it has always attracted creative people.
