Peter Diamandis Quotes
I think about things like, 'Will my kids need a college account? Will they even go to college?' I don't know if that will be the case.
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I don't think it is important to be a role model, because if you are a role model, you are pretending to be someone else.
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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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I spend my own money, not other people's money.
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People more than ever since I can remember are concerned about being out of step and out of line with their political party and won't cross over. There is nobody, man or woman, who wants to be left out, and people are fearful of that. People are fearful of their leadership as well.
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The West was involved in toppling the Mossadegh government. That ultimately led to the Iranian revolution.
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'Wet Hot American Summer' was sort of lowbrow genius, you know? But smart in its cultish silliness. It wasn't considered something of great cultural caliber. But like many cult pieces, it sort of became something culturally relevant, which I think is what's so wonderful about it.
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If there's a will, prosperity can't be far behind.
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The surveillance of ordinary people is far greater than I would have imagined and far greater than the American public has been able to debate.
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I have won the most national titles as a German, so what should I do after that? Lay back and take it easy? That's not how I am.
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I have no animus toward digital, though I still pretty much take everything on a silver-based negative, either a wet plate or just regular silver 8x10. But I've started messing a little bit with scanning the negative and then reworking it just slightly.
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In the name of the constitution of Texas, which has been trampled upon, I refuse to take this oath. I love Texas too well to bring civil strife and bloodshed upon her.
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You don't fight ideas with bombs.
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I've always been more of a camera hog than anything, and it's just another way to get it all out!
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I love a microphone and a big crowd; I'm an entertainer, I guess.
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It's an unfortunate reality of life that toxins are constantly building up in our bodies.
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I am really addicted to music.
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Jerusalem is united, will never be divided again.
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I took the first James Kelman novel, 'The Bus Conductor Hines', home to my dad. I thought, 'My dad will like this; it's written in Scots.' But my dad said: 'I can't read that.' He was reading James Bond and John le Carre. That was part of what attracted me to crime - the idea of getting a wide audience.
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'Diary of a Teenage Girl' was my first American movie. It was my first movie in an American accent. It's based on a graphic novel, which was written in 2002 by someone called Phoebe Gloeckner. It was turned into a play by Marielle Heller, who then wrote it as a screenplay for Sundance Labs.
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You know, having raised animals all my life for 50-something years, I would say that you know, I'm fascinated by cats.
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I have a special interest in children who have lost a parent or loved one in the line of duty as they served their country as a police officer, firefighter, federal agent or member of the military, but children all over the word need help and an opportunity to flourish.
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We hate most in others what we dislike in ourselves.
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I think about things like, 'Will my kids need a college account? Will they even go to college?' I don't know if that will be the case.
