Joe Lonsdale Quotes
The convertible note is a useful and common financing structure in Silicon Valley. It's a form of debt that is really more a type of equity - one where the valuation hasn't been determined yet.
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My mother has been a wonderful model for the professional woman - a loving mother dedicated to both her family and her work. She inspired me, made me proud, and developed in me an enormous respect for women in general.
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In my relationship with a young guy I was going with in a band - his name was Sylvester, and I think he had another little girl on the side - I told him, 'If you lose me, you're going to lose a good thing.' And I went home and put that poem to music.
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Look your best - who said love is blind?
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Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.
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All of my characters are less than perfect.
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I think I may not be able to retire.
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Directing is more comfortable for me because, as an actor, there's always something inherently false. Because I'm not that person.
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Without trust, the most essential element of innovation - conflict - becomes impossible.
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It's not easy to act, but to direct to act. It goes form one place to the next. It's not heading for the punchline, and also it's not about scoring goals. It's about passing the ball, and the goals will come by themselves.
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Millions of Indians are brimming with energy.
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You alone are enough.
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No, I don’t understand him, but he is worth listening to.
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The most important, the most fundamental and the deepest investigations are those that affect human life and activities most profoundly. Only those scientists who have laboured, not with the aim of producing this or that, but with the sole desire to advance knowledge ultimately prove to be the greatest benefactors of humanity.
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I never set fire to a piano. I'd like to have got away with it, though. I pushed a couple of them in the river. They wasn't any good.
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In order to build anything from factories to schools to hospitals, one must jump through a series of regulatory hoops, giving EPA veto power over any major projects.
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What we are doing is, rather than living on the interest of our basic biological capital, we're using up our capital, so we're dipping into our capital. We're using up what should be our children's and grandchildren's legacy.
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I'm a sitcom junky. And I love rom coms. Mind candy.
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When I'm on stage by myself, I don't have to think about anything. I don't have to worry about anything because I'm not responsible for anything except just opening my mouth and making sure music comes out.
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None of the constitutional, legal or other principles bars me from returning to the judiciary, since the judiciary remains independent if the actors remain independent and fair.
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Never had a cup of coffee in my life. Dr Pepper is my caffeine delivery system of choice.
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I loved Winnie the Pooh, the Disney character, and I loved his wit and warmth.
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When you're dealing with an in-law violation, I think the first line of defense is for the blood relation to have a serious talk.
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I'm getting older; you realise you are on the countdown of what you are doing, so performing means more than it ever did to me.
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The convertible note is a useful and common financing structure in Silicon Valley. It's a form of debt that is really more a type of equity - one where the valuation hasn't been determined yet.
