Jason Calacanis Quotes

For tech, I like the 'DailySearchCast', 'TWiT' and anything Veronica Belmont does on CNET. I think Perez Hilton is a riot, and the rest of my consumption is by people: Folks like Dave Winer, Fred Wilson, Mark Cuban, Brian Alvey, Jeff Jarvis, Xeni Jardin, etc.

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• I'm so intrigued by women throughout history where the significance of what they were representing at that time is obscured by the fact a man saved them or they were prostitutes.

  

  Zoe Saldana
  • Time
  • Women
  • History

• In the last 5 years, American employers have lost over $150 billion of productivity to depression alone. That is more than the GDP of 28 different States during the same period.

  

  Patrick J. Kennedy
  • Different
  • American
  • Lost

• There's a long history of private-company cooperation with the NSA that dates back to at least the 1970s.

  

  Barton Gellman
  • Long
  • History
  • Cooperation

• Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.

  

  Natalie Clifford Barney
  • Mediocrity
  • Heroism

• Reverence is fatal to literature.

  

  E. M. Forster
  • Literature
  • Reverence
  • Fatal

• I am an unrepentant tweetaholic. I use the communications service all day long to discover news, interesting tidbits and, of course, to flack the work of our tech and media news site, Re/code.

  

  Kara Swisher
  • Work
  • Long
  • Interesting

• I am aware of the sufferings of women in India, which is also the suffering of women in many, many countries on our planet. My heart is filled with empathy and love for them.

  

  Yoko Ono
  • Women
  • Empathy
  • Planet

• I've been playing old parts forever. I play 93 quite often. When you've done it more than once, you take the hint. I think it's a great burden if you're one of those fantastic stars who've always been beautiful; then I think it's hard.

  

  Maggie Smith
  • Great
  • Done
  • Beautiful

• There is kind of an underground conservative movement in Hollywood, really.

  

  Caitlyn Jenner
  • Kind
  • Movement
  • Conservative

• When I first decided to launch a clothing line, I was pregnant with my daughter Spencer-Margaret, so I looked for a retailer with values that mirrored my own growing family concerns. Kmart is a family store where value-conscious moms shop, so my partnership with Kmart seemed like a natural fit.

  

  Jaclyn Smith
  • Family
  • Growing
  • Value

• I needed to take a break from performing, and from the Peas, to be happy. I craved female time, and time with my husband to feed my soul. My life now is about being balanced. I'm passionate about work and working out, seeing friends and family, and letting my hair down once in a while.

  

  Fergie The Black Eyed Peas
  • Work
  • Family
  • Soul

• I think a smart person today realizes that you have to be part of the art films that are done just for the sake of the art.

  

  Halle Berry
  • Done
  • Art
  • Today

• I believe that my parents did wonderful things for us.

  

  Madeleine Albright
  • Believe
  • Parents
  • I Believe

• Things get so sloppy when you're under the influence.

  

  Tatum O'Neal
  • You
  • Things
  • Influence

• I see myself as a composer who plays music and likes to play with other people, and not just as a solo artist.

  

  Henry Saint Clair Fredericks
  • People
  • Music
  • Myself

• I think it's a mistake to go after someone just based on looks. But I always respond to people who don't act that interested in me.

  

  Navi Rawat
  • People
  • Think
  • Mistake

• I always follow what my spirit tells me to do.

  

  R. Kelly
  • Me
  • Always
  • Spirit

• I said I wanted to strap guns on an El Camino. When I brought it up at a meeting, they said great. I realized there's no adult in the room.

  

  Adam Ferrara
  • Up
  • Great
  • Said

• I am not from a film family or a Mumbai girl. The probability of getting a second chance is low, and so one has to be more careful.

  

  Yami Gautam
  • Family
  • Girl
  • Second Chance

• It's no fun to have HIV even though it's viewed as a chronic, controllable disease. It means being wedded to the health system.

  

  Philip E. Berger
  • Fun
  • Health
  • Disease

• I am fearful when I see people substituting fear for reason.

  

  Edmund H. North
  • People
  • Fear
  • Reason

• Environmental groups are not completely against dams. We approve of appropriate development.

  

  Ma Jun
  • Development
  • Environmental

• For tech, I like the 'DailySearchCast', 'TWiT' and anything Veronica Belmont does on CNET. I think Perez Hilton is a riot, and the rest of my consumption is by people: Folks like Dave Winer, Fred Wilson, Mark Cuban, Brian Alvey, Jeff Jarvis, Xeni Jardin, etc.

  

  Jason Calacanis
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