Max Levchin Quotes
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I've often said that all poetry is political. This is because real poems deal with a human response to reality and politics is part of reality, history in the making. Even if a poet writes about sitting in a glass house drinking tea, it reflects politics.
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I set myself one task, which was to get Labour on to the front foot, back in the game, making the weather on the economy, and that's going to take me a year.
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Like success, failure is many things to many people. With Positive Mental Attitude, failure is a learning experience, a rung on the ladder, a plateau at which to get your thoughts in order and prepare to try again.
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Me and my dad are kind of distant since my mom and him separated.
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When I saw 'Pretty In Pink' at the cinema at the age of 11, I just thought it was a period piece from maybe 100 years previously. I had no idea that was what everybody was supposed to be wearing.
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My mother's nickname for me is 'Positive Patrick.' I like to live up to that title.
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Ripley is married. And he's not lost. He has his feet on the ground.
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Sometimes I will make CliffsNotes of my CliffsNotes.
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The natural sweetness of leeks, with their soft, oniony aroma, makes them the perfect winter comfort food.
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Government is the ultimate monopoly. And monopolies, as any economist will tell you, often breed complacency and a lack of innovation.
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I wanted to be a world champion.
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I have always actually been with and attracted to very strong women, and I think I've learned a lot from them.
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There is no tragedy in missing a putt, no matter how short. All have erred in this respect.
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It is very difficult to get legislation passed. But then the danger always is that you have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.
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Don't get me wrong – I love books! I just think a video has a bigger bang when it comes to a good, old-fashioned adrenaline rush.
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The 1970s seemed particularly playful. People were trying to make work that couldn't be sold.
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Every bit of me is devoted to love and art. And I aspire to try to be a teacher to my young fans who feel just like I felt when I was younger. I just felt like a freak. I guess what I'm trying to say is I'm trying to liberate them, I want to free them of their fears and make them feel that they can make their own space in the world.
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If we are really going to learn from others, we must decide to fully obey.
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I see journalists as the manual workers, the laborers of the word. Journalism can only be literature when it is passionate.
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I never feel lonely if I've got a book - they're like old friends. Even if you're not reading them over and over again, you know they are there. And they're part of your history. They sort of tell a story about your journey through life.
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When we find a ship, we turn it over to the state or federal government. It's purely historical. I've never made a dime on any of it.
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I speak in the name of the entire German people when I assure the world that we all share the honest wish to eliminate the enmity that brings far more costs than any possible benefits. It would be a wonderful thing for all of humanity if both peoples would renounce force against each other forever. The German people are ready to make such a pledge.
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Facebook is so ubiquitous now that it's like another manifestation of the web itself.
