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		For a first-time entrepreneur, there's nothing better than being in Silicon Valley because there is so much going on, and there's such a large number of inventors, that even a B level idea or a C level idea could be nurtured and be given venture capital there.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jason Calacanis 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		New York is one of the greatest cities in the world. It is a fitting host to its many international visitors, who can come to witness first-hand what a vibrant multicultural democracy looks like. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ban Ki-moon 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning obsession. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Napoleon Hill 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If I had my way, I wouldn't be sharing my personal life online. I'm a private person. At home, I don't wander around shirtless, flexing my muscles. I roam around unshaven, with my hair disheveled. Unfortunately, people perceive you differently. It's okay; they're free to speculate. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Karan Singh Grover 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		To be honest, proper recognition has only come from the fans. I don't want to be hard, and I don't want to be negative, but I want to be honest. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yaya Toure 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yotam Ottolenghi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gary Larson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms and men in love. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				H. L. Mencken 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Practically, I am interested in television because it keeps me home and it's fast, and I exist in independent films mostly, and you don't get paid for those, or you don't get paid enough. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Campbell Scott 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was deposed by a coup d'etat, by friends that I trusted and aided by the American Government. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ferdinand Marcos 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You have the core hip-hop, which would just be beats and breaks, more something like what you hear with DJ Premier. Then you get into the more highly produced hip-hop, which is something like what DJ Khaled does. But at some point, it starts to get kind of pop. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ice T 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If our country is serious about reducing our dependency on foreign oil, we need to get serious about mobilizing the infrastructure necessary to distribute and dispense the next generation of fuels. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bart Gordon 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		At the end of the spectrum when you get to that 12th step, when you have that spiritual awakening we make ourselves available to help other people. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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		You can't play a symphony alone, it takes an orchestra to play it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Navjot Singh Sidhu 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		... an initial underscore already conveys strong feelings of magicalness to a C programmer. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Larry Wall 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		They say in the military that a good battle plan can last as long as five minutes in real fighting. After that, it comes down to if the general is favored by fate and the spirits. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Paolo Bacigalupi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The mind must not be forced; artificial and constrained manners fill it with foolish presumption, through unnatural elevation and vain and ridiculous inflation, instead of solid and vigorous nutriment. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Blaise Pascal 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My first job was as a groundskeeper at the local ballpark in the town where I grew up. There was a lot of down time, and I got to drive tractor, so it was pretty good gig. I've also taught creative writing, dabbled in reviewing and journalism, and toiled as a screenwriter. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Owen King 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		For a first-time entrepreneur, there's nothing better than being in Silicon Valley because there is so much going on, and there's such a large number of inventors, that even a B level idea or a C level idea could be nurtured and be given venture capital there. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jason Calacanis