Jay Samit Quotes
Some incubators, like Y Combinator and TechStars, were started by successful entrepreneurs wishing to help the next generation learn from their experiences. Other programs, such as Viterbi Startup Garage and Austin Technology Incubator, were created by universities to help young entrepreneurs bridge the knowledge gap from student to funded company.
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The same liberty that protects me also protects members of the Mafia.
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Before I got into stand-up, I used to be a hip-hop dancer in a crew, and my name was J. Smoove, and my partner was J. Groove.
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I graduated from UC San Diego, wanted to work in film to get my hands-on real experience, did music videos, TV, feature films, all kinds of stuff.
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Service to others seems the only intelligent choice for the use of wealth.
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Tragedy is like strong acid - it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth.
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My wife, Caroline Spector, and I pitched some comic ideas to various publishers back in the '80s, but nothing ever came of it.
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The nature of good fiction is that it dwells in ambiguity.
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He who prays five times a day is in the protection of God, and he who is protected by God cannot be harmed by anyone.
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I love baseball. And American Football, too. But not rugby.
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I had seen some films made about the underground music world in Tehran, and most of them were short documentaries about 30 or 40 minutes long. And I always wondered why they weren't publicized more. Really, their only flaw was they were short documentaries.
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When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
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I don't have a competitive bone in my body, so the last thing I want to do is be competing with people.
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I've been grateful that 'Time's' reach and mandate is so broad; anything you're interested in, you can usually write about.
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The greatest benefit of being a solo performer is that it is seriously frightening, but at the same time very empowering. It's just you and the audience. All the weight is on you to deliver the songs.
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Teaching is a good distraction, and I am in contact with young people, which is very gratifying.
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There's usually one piece in 'Vanity Fair' every month that grabs me, but when it presents hatchet jobs without substantiation to impress its liberal friends, I laugh first, then toss.
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When you dance and move around it creates a different reaction from the audience - they love it.
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When you go from one place to another, you go with experience, you don't go with prescriptions.
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Yes indeed I have gained a lot out of playing scales and etudes.
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I'm starting my own family, and there is no other feeling like it.
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Oh, I love labels, as long as they are numerous. I'm an American writer. I'm a Nigerian writer. I'm a Nigerian American writer. I'm an African writer. I'm a Yoruba writer. I'm an African American writer. I'm a writer who's been strongly influenced by European precedents. I'm a writer who feels very close to literary practice in India - which I go to quite often - and to writers over there.
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I stopped watching television like a fiend once I got into college.
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Some incubators, like Y Combinator and TechStars, were started by successful entrepreneurs wishing to help the next generation learn from their experiences. Other programs, such as Viterbi Startup Garage and Austin Technology Incubator, were created by universities to help young entrepreneurs bridge the knowledge gap from student to funded company.
