Joe Lonsdale Quotes
Great VCs are more than mere investors; they are often seasoned leaders who have built companies themselves.
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I've always liked stories. I'm always reading, ever since I was a kid. I've always been reading and wanting to be in some other world. This is the perfect job for me.
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My real passions are horses and playing polo. I care a lot about that and staying fit and in shape.
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For me, baseball is about, again, the team winning.
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I got fired for giving coffee away. It was just my regulars. I'd say, 'Don't worry about it,' and they'd put down a dollar tip. Technically, I was stealing. Ethically, I was boosting morale!
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It's very good for you, riding. You know how every model is like, 'I do yoga.' Well, I find horses to have the same effect, in that you have to put your ego aside and concentrate on making the horse do the things you want it to do, and move in the way you want it to move - particularly if you're doing dressage.
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It was my mother's idea. Her feeling was that I didn't have the intelligence to pick a trade myself.
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The difference in the quality of medical care received by people with mental illness is one of the reasons why they live shorter lives than people without mental illness. Even in the best-resourced countries in the world, this life expectancy gap is as much as 20 years. In the developing countries of the world, this gap is even larger.
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We deem those happy who from the experience of life have learnt to bear its ills without being overcome by them.
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I just try to keep it simple, not let too many outside things influence me.
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I am no fashion diva - I grew up on the beaches in South Africa and am a nature girl that spends a lot of time outdoors. Fashion speaks to me through an occasion.
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The first song I did was over a Chief Keef beat – 'Understand Me.' I did that in, like, 2011 or 2012, I think.
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If we do a little bit of insight into history, how many times have there been people doing hate discourse, blaming everything on a certain group of people. That really is the genesis of genocide, where it kind of sparks.
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The greatest thing about being in a band, and the strength of having companionship and collaboration, is also the thing that makes a band break up because then you begin to feel confined. Like, who am I as an individual, as a writer, as a performer?
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I technically have two last names, which is a lot of fun when you're making airline reservations.
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In real life, I'm pretty much an eternal optimist.
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It is a pleasure to play under Jose Mourinho, and everything is OK. I learn every day. He is a normal coach. He speaks a lot with the players. I like it when the manager speaks a lot with you because it gives you confidence.
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Why should Bollywood accept me? I should accept Bollywood. I don't care if Bollywood has accepted me. I don't seek acceptance. I don't need to live up to anybody's expectations.
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We are very serious about imposing weapons restrictions on the PFLP and other Palestinian groups operating from their camps in Lebanon.
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Primum quaerite bona animi; caetera aut aderunt, aut non oberunt
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Procrastination gives you time to consider divergent ideas, to think in nonlinear ways, to make unexpected leaps.
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What has always made the Clintons great politicians and better people is their unyielding commitment to expanding the middle class for everyone.
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I always like to keep one hand in the tepee and the other hand in the synagogue. Wouldn't it be great if there was a combination of the two? You could go to synagogue, and it would be really hot in there.
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I literally can't talk without moving hands.
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Great VCs are more than mere investors; they are often seasoned leaders who have built companies themselves.
