Fred Wilson Quotes
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I'm in a really nice position because I can be selective with the modeling jobs that I do and just work with brands I'm passionate about. The two worlds balance out nicely for me because modeling is so social - it has travel, you meet people, it's extroverted. Whereas painting is very solitary - when I paint, I'm kind of in my own world.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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We have to keep in mind that it's not just about the numbers of people who died; it's also the manner which many of these victims met their deaths.
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If you go through any culture that has had wars, go to the bomb shelters, and you'll hear some amazing stories. Yes, it's a necessary thing that we actually both distract ourselves and it's a way to bond.
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Is it right to shoot the poor prostitute or a woman who is unfaithful to her husband, or a man who loves another man?
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The Catholic Church is an innately conservative rock - they call themselves the 'rock of Peter' - and its resistance to change is, ironically, what has kept it constant throughout the ages.
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We are different people - you get a different take on the band whoever you speak to. Somehow, at the end of it, it goes through the filtering process and out comes the Radiohead thing.
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Marx and Engels never talked about murdering the bourgeois. According to the old bourgeois concept, the judges were the ones who judged, and the executioners were the ones who executed.
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I think any man in business would be foolish to fool around with his secretary. If it's somebody else's secretary, fine.
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The physical carrier is overshadowed by a relation. The relation creates an overtone. The physical carrier is absorbed by this overtone. The overtone spontaneously transforms the means of creation into a spiritual reality. The mystery of creation is then revealed.
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Drinking wine and wearing trousers were nothing compared to reading the history of ideas.
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It's been so long that I haven't seen your face I try to be strong.
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My father built a small manufacturing business. I worked alongside him and saw firsthand the challenges that business owners face.
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It is essential for our national security to know who resides within our borders.
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I just get sick very easily.
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If technology has finally caught up with individual liberty, why would anyone who loves freedom want to rethink that?
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It has become part of the accepted wisdom to say that the twentieth century was the century of physics and the twenty-first century will be the century of biology.
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I have a memory of listening to Tracy Chapman and just being intrigued by her voice. Even as a young girl, I wanted to know more about her and her story. I felt I was learning about her through her music. That was a revelation to me.
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I was as repelled by the French as I was attracted by their country.
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My job as a performer is to make sure that whatever happens in a performance lives in somebody else, that it's memorable... If you forget tomorrow what you heard yesterday, there's really not much point in you having been there - or me, for that matter.
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I'm a very private person, and I don't want to share stuff with anyone.
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The true Mason is ever vigilant for subtle traces of character and personality flaws which daily experience brings out.
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When we started out, there was so much cash involved that it attracted an element you'd rather not do business with.
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Twitter wasn't planned. It just happened.
