Jawed Karim Quotes
It wasn't like I wanted to be the next Marc Andreessen, but it would be cool to be in the same place.
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Socialism is simply Communism for people without the testosterone to man the barricades.
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Some people write heavily, some write lightly. I prefer the light approach because I believe there is a great deal of false reverence about. There is too much solemnity and intensity in dealing with sacred matters; too much speaking in holy tones.
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The politics of the Cape Town Metro, which allows an executive Mayoral committee to make secret decisions which affect you, behind closed doors, is wrong!
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My daddy used to say that I was too big to ride and too little to hitch a wagon - no good for a damn thing.
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Even when a person has all of life's comforts - good food, good shelter, a companion - he or she can still become unhappy when encountering a tragic situation.
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The difficult part was to tell the world that I was finishing.
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When I was seventeen, I worked as a counsellor at a co-ed sleep-away camp for eight weeks. I loved it but it could be harrowing - it was far too much responsibility for someone my age.
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Well, I think the United States first of all has to recognize the world for what it is.
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What is called good society is usually nothing but a mosaic of polished caricatures.
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College inspired me to think differently. It's like no other time in your life.
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Why do they cover Paul's songs but never mine?
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Everybody is struggling for the good things of the world, and all the arguments to prove that they are not desirable are worse than wasted.
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There's a certain freedom in writing when you don't know if you'll ever have an audience.
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Sometimes people think Y Combinator has big ideas about themes. But really, we just fund the best startups.
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But the exposure we got by doing the stint with Nine Inch Nails brought us a lot of attention.
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I try to leave a light footprint. I'm involved with Global Green, which aims to educate people about sustainable building and the greening of schools. I try to be aware about the consumption of unnecessary things in a consumptive culture.
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I learned that coming out was crucial to self-esteem.
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A truth discovered always seems so plain and simple that we wonder why the discovery was so long delayed.
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To receive more, we must give out what we receive. . . . For it is by giving that we set in operation the unfailing law of measure for measure. With no thought of receiving, it is impossible to avoid receiving, for the abundance you have given is returned to you in fulfillment of the law.
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...so I blocked it from my mind. I could do that with things I didn't want to think about, like snapping shut a book.
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I adore political parties. They are the only place left to us where people don't talk politics.
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I think a lot of people like hidden-camera shows where they think they're spying on somebody who doesn't know they're looking at them. And nobody takes it seriously - you either enjoy it and get a laugh out of the reactions or not.
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A hurt is at the center of all addictive behaviors. . . . The wound may not be as deep and the ache not as excruciating, and it may even be entirely hidden—but it’s there. As we’ll see, the effects of early stress or adverse experiences directly shape both the psychology and the neurobiology of addiction in the brain
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It wasn't like I wanted to be the next Marc Andreessen, but it would be cool to be in the same place.
