Joe Lonsdale Quotes
We use convertible notes a lot at our fund - 8VC - so often that we just call them 'notes' to save time.
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I particularly like Hershey's chocolate - the kind which has almonds in it.
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A lot of my work involves instilling objects with the power of touch - a transference of soul, spirit, energy through actions.
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I'm a proud family man.
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I know what feels good to eat and what doesn't. I try to err on the side of choices I know will leave me feeling more energized and ready to go, because it's always better to feel healthy.
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Anyone can go out on stage and start beating people over the head with rubber chickens. That'll get people's attention.
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If I don't write down a thought - or an image or a line of poetry - the instant it comes to mind, it vanishes, which explains why I have pens and notebooks in my pants and coat pockets, the car, the bicycle basket, on one or two desks in every room including bathrooms and the kitchen.
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Evolutionary psychology tells us that men, especially powerful men, feel invincible and entitled to spread their seed, and that women can't resist the scent of masculine power. Women, by contrast, are said to be more altruistic and collaborative, seeking power so that they can share it with others.
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But if I have a lot of imagination, I could tell myself whatever I wanted, you know. I handle myself quite well. I'm kind of fascist with myself, you know. There's no discussion. There is an order. You follow it.
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When I was young, about 18 or 19, I read all the Dostoyevsky novels, which made me want to go to St. Petersburg. So I went, and I was so inspired.
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I'm really into Greek yogurt, fruit and almonds. Those are my 'go-to' snacks.
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When you start talking about sacrifices, pretty soon people start feeling like chumps.
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It really is, to see that this kind of music is still so popular.
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I like the challenge of creating a world with only sentences.
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People are really upside down. They want a government they can trust. They want one that's not going to raise their taxes by $15 billion and not lay off one state employee.
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Like funny men, skilled diners are apparently perceived to have an evolutionary advantage.
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Shakespeare lets us see real people undergoing real processes, with real feelings.
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It is possible that, post-Kyoto, the developed countries will recognise the requirements of the developing world.
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Jupiter from on high smiles at the perjuries of lovers.
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I was in Kansas for about a month, and we worked most of the time in a very small town, so it felt like the production basically took the whole town over. In a way, we were the Martians in Kansas.
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There's not one person in this state who believes they are going to have a job in my administration... There's not one person who I've promised anything to.
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Congress is the appropriate place to make laws about our country's immigration policy; it is not something that the president gets to decide on his own.
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He could not die when trees were green, for he loved the time too well.
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That's really one of the things I love about video games. It's a whole new world every time you start.
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We use convertible notes a lot at our fund - 8VC - so often that we just call them 'notes' to save time.
