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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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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Fascism is fascism. Terrorism is terrorism. Oppression is oppression.
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Everyone has his vanity, and each one's vanity is his forgetting that there are others with an equal soul.
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People tell me they use my song 'Coming Home' at their weddings. My audience seems to range from young to old, and it's cool when you really get to connect with all different people.
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Well I come from a land, from a far away place, where the caravan camels roam. They will cut of your ear if they don't like your face, it's babaric, but hey, it's home.
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My guide had a copy of Palestine on my last trip to Gaza. He'd bring it out and show people what I was trying to do. That usually went over pretty well.
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Since everything is a reflection of our minds, everything can be changed by our minds.
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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.
