Max Levchin Quotes
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There are a lot of things that I have not shared that I will never share. I do have a personal private life.
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The thing about Y Combinator that's cool is that most companies won't happen if we don't fund them.
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U.S. foreign policy is Manichaean. It's like a Hollywood movie. You have to know who has the white hat and who has the black hat and then go against the black hat.
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Serena and I have done some great career planning, and we're playing really at the peak of our tennis right now. I think tennis has been a sport where people play this insane schedule from 14 years old, so of course at 26, it's over. We've really paced ourselves.
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It's a trifle hard to surprise yourself with a story you've written.
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I'm learning as I go. I don't know everything. I never had anybody to look at, nobody ever taught me, and where I'm from I didn't have any famous role models.
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I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon as I done it I seen it.
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The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another.
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I'll eat one cookie, not a whole box of cookies. But I'll still eat the one cookie... sometimes two, or even three. But not the whole box.
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I think that everyone should get married at least once, so you can see what a silly, outdated institution it is.
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I don't work out but generally I am fit, which is why I don't work out.
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Along with enough sleep and taking proper supplements, I steam - in my steam shower. I find it's very healing, more than just your typical 'tea and honey.'
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One thing I detest most about the financial press is the lack of accountability. All sorts of nonsense is said without penalty.
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I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
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Most superhero characters we see these days are from foreign countries. I would like to play a superhero that shows off Korean power.
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I paint. I still do it every day. I never neglected it. It's a gift. It's almost like religion for me. It's the quickest way for me to become still.
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If you have confidence you have patience. Confidence, that is everything.
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Sometimes I will make CliffsNotes of my CliffsNotes.
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I'll let the racket do the talking.
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Ending Iran's nuclear threat and bringing it into the international community of law-abiding nations is one of the most pressing U.S. foreign policy objectives.
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It really is, to see that this kind of music is still so popular.
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Carving out an identity for yourself is important so I'm trying to do that as well.
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We're adding a billion people every decade. We're just spin doctors. Whatever we do is supposedly great, and yet it's always at the expense of diversity and nature. We're like elephants. The ecology of the elephant is more similar to human than any other.
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I'm trying to build something where people will go every day.
