Jason Calacanis Quotes
Obviously, New York and Boston and Los Angeles have pretty vibrant entrepreneurial scenes.
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To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity.
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It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses.
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My aim is to change the social norms of Pakistan; women here look up to me. I started very early, worked on myself, and the effect is for all to see.
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Many writers from the suburbs of history, such as Ireland and Argentina, produced more original work than their counterparts in the United States; they still seem to.
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A lot of people said I was a rebel. I wasn't.
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'SVU' is one of my favorite shows. When I got the call to appear and play myself, I jumped at the chance. Obviously, I went over my lines, but playing yourself is a really great way to get your feet wet in the acting field. I enjoyed being on set and learning as much as I could about the scripted world.
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I don't eat red meat.
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Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you're confident even when you're not.
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There is not one New York but thousands - mixed-up conurbations and microclimates with their own internal logics and charms, dreams and juxtapositions, faces and tongues.
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When I was a very young lawyer, I had a senior partner who advised me never to get mad, except on purpose.
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This is my ultimate fantasy: watching QVC with a credit card while making love and eating at the same time.
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Most people who end up being successful have good grades, but it's orthogonal - there's no extra information than if they put together a website and have bunch of fans who love coming and seeing what they're doing.
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As a race, the Negroes are not lazy.
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Everything and anything is valuable.
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It wasn't not being famous any more, or even not being a recording artist. It was having nobody who needed me, no phones ringing, nothing to do. Because I'm still too young to do nothing. I was only 24 when all that happened. Now, at 40, I feel I've got more to give than I ever have.
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When you subpoena one pastor, you subpoena every pastor.
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If I'm saying a universal truth, but maybe it's something that people don't feel comfortable saying... It's a strange take, but at the same time, what you're hitting on is kind of right. You can relate. That's the heart of comedy. You have to have a point of view. You gotta commit. And the more you commit to it, sometimes the funnier it gets.
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I can tell more about my weaknesses than my strengths.
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Reconciliation is a special budget procedure to change entitlement and tax laws. It cannot be filibustered and requires only a simple majority in the Senate to be passed. It is primarily intended for deficit and mandatory spending reduction.
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I write line by line, by the sound and the weight and the music of the words.
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There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
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I'd pretty much given up hope of being published, so I just wrote the book I wanted to read.
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Our ages ranged from 22, down to 18, and we had a 6 month contract to go to Bogata, Columbia. And of course, it was during the depression, we were still with our parents, and things were still pretty tough on them back in the United States.
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Obviously, New York and Boston and Los Angeles have pretty vibrant entrepreneurial scenes.
