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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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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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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'Breaking Bad' has definitely opened many, many doors for me.
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The Ukrainian community is tight-knit by nature.
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Basketball for me has always been a matter of rhythm - what you do bouncing the ball, how you bounce the ball, how you run, how you receive the ball to be in rhythm.
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Doing 'Law & Order' for so long, my fan base was, like, men and women my age, and then doing 'Daredevil', my whole audience has changed. It's cool.
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If you want to dig a big hole, you need to stay in one place.
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Every day, put a little makeup on, put on some nice underwear, and you'll keep your husband.
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I am restless like my father and do two-three things at a time.
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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.
