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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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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Good taste is the worst vice ever invented.
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Cancer is a collection of many diseases with common principles, and each disease will have to be understood and more effectively controlled on its own terms.
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The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.
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The coast of British Columbia was one of the three chief centers of aboriginal America.
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I think we should keep voting, I think we should keep supporting things that we believe in. I don't think we ought to just quit.
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We interpret our agreement with the IMF - our participation in the IMF's system of cooperation - as a borrowing agreement. The IMF sees it as an economic policy agreement. This is not in our interest.
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Facebook is so ubiquitous now that it's like another manifestation of the web itself.
