Joe Lonsdale Quotes
For me, seed investing isn't just a good return area but a big part of how we network in Silicon Valley. A lot of our best deals have come from being active in the seed stage.

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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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I turn into a crying, hysterical maniac when I see a spider. It's pathetic.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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I came from the theater playing leading roles, and when I started doing film and television, I felt as if I had to start from the bottom.
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Lest Arab governments be tempted out of sheer routine to rush into impulsive rejection, let me suggest that tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss.
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I was born in Jersey City and raised in Bayonne, New Jersey. It's a town that's next to Jersey City, and I'm still there!
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I drive a car, like an adult. Not brilliantly. I'm not great.
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I would love to do some theater.
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I have yet to see a drama that puts forward women who are successful and also have a family... they are nearly always seen as victims.
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Finding a good band is Iike finding a good wife. You got to keep trying till you find the right one.
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Every company has two organizational structures: The formal one is written on the charts; the other is the everyday relationship of the men and women in the organization.
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My schedulers keep getting driven crazy by the fact that they can't fit hikes in my schedule.
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All one needs to do is read - books, magazines, research the Internet - and pay attention to the influencers in their lives to discover the myriad people of strong moral character who have and still are making positive, meaningful contributions and differences in our world.
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I may adopt. I love children and I do feel the need to take the legacy forward. I am open to it, but emotionally you have to be ready for it. Raising a child is really a huge responsibility. And I should have that time and emotional energy to give to child. How and when is a decision my mother and I will take a few years from now.
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It wasn't until I set out to write a novel about marriage that I realized how little I knew about the institution.
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I still enjoy doing the things I've always done, like going to a monthly dance party at a club downtown.
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A man's kiss is his signature.
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In a way, it's good not to be recognised as much off screen.
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We are at a major epoch in human history, which is that we don't need sex to recreate the race. You can have babies without sex. This is the first time in human history that has been true, and it means, for example, we could do some extraordinary things.
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Without unity, the country will face disaster.
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I'm constantly thinking about the role, and there's an infinite amount of questions you can ask yourself about a character to the point that it's hard to find the boundaries of when to not work.
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True economy consists in always making the income exceed the out-go. Wear the old clothes a little longer if necessary; dispense with the new pair of gloves; mend the old dress: live on plainer food if need be; so that, under all circumstances, unless some unforeseen accident occurs, there will be a margin in favor of the income.
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I'm thinking about directing, but I know it's a lot of work and I appreciate what directors do and I would like to be good at it. The opportunity has presented itself four to five times, and I usually said no because of the script.
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For me, seed investing isn't just a good return area but a big part of how we network in Silicon Valley. A lot of our best deals have come from being active in the seed stage.