Fred Wilson Quotes
All markets have boom and bust cycles, and I think venture capital market has even more exaggerated boom and bust cycles.

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Its no secret that I've never liked tax credits.
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My son's a West Point cadet.
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I have one desire: That is to have a principle-based, member-driven Congress. Period. That's what I want.
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I want to lay all my cards out on the table and walk away with no regrets.
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I feel like all the parts are seniors in high school and seventh graders, and I think I kinda skipped that awkward stage by not working those years.
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I love Lady Gaga and I love Katy Perry and R&B and rap music... I love big, American pop music.
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A specter is haunting Europe - the specter of communism.
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I was dressed like Darth Vader. Vader was my man, even with the villainy. He wore all black and had a deep voice; he reminded me of my uncle. I had a cheap mask-cape combo, the kind available at any pharmacy during October.
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We are filmmakers, and we are specifically trying to entertain people.
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We've had Audrey Hepburn, we've had Twiggy, we've had Veruschka, we've had Kate Moss. I'm trying to figure out why I am to blame for skinniness.
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My views line up with Mick Mulvaney's views pretty much exactly.
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In May 2013, my lawyer Dmitry Dinze filed a complaint about the conditions at PC-14 with the prosecutor's office. The deputy head of the colony, Lieutenant Colonel Kupriyanov, instantly made conditions at the camp unbearable.
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L.A. is so big that if you don't actually live in Hollywood, you might as well be from a different planet.
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Beetroot is a great salad ingredient, especially when still warm; the colour ain't bad, either.
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We all have prejudices to dispel: the need to get away from thinking that 'I' am important and special and 'you' are not, and the frightened mindset that tells us that certain 'others' are of no consequence.
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Man does not speak because he thinks; he thinks because he speaks. Or rather, speaking is no different than thinking: to speak is to think.
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I didn't take music seriously in the beginning. It just kind of a hobby to me. It was something that I love doing for fun.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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The city and the crowd unidealise love; and love, in the young warm heart of a girl, should be a dream apart from all commoner emotions - as sweet and as ethereal as the blush with which it is born and dies. Beauty gives its own gracefulness to love - there must be romance blended with the passion inspired by the very lovely face which the mirror reflected.
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Balancing school, acting, and a social life can be difficult.
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My theme for philanthropy is the same approach I used with technology: to find a need and fill it.
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It's about very talented writers, directors, producers, and actors being in a position for their projects to be supported, but there's just not enough black projects being made.
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You have to figure out what's important and keep the main points, though I will swing a little outside the box. It affords me the freedom to find out who the character is, and it's been a positive technique for me. I'm not saying everyone should change words, but if you can do it with confidence, you may nail it.
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All markets have boom and bust cycles, and I think venture capital market has even more exaggerated boom and bust cycles.