Peter Thiel Quotes
I do think there is this danger that our society has made its peace with decline. I'd like to jolt them out of their complacency a little bit.
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I have a terrible habit of shopping after I go to the gym or hitting eBay.
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To the real artist in humanity, what are called bad manners are often the most picturesque and significant of all.
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I decided I ought to pick a project that would not be controversial, that would not really cost the government a lot of money.
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I think if you talk to my colleagues, I was less than a fearsome individual.
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Do not follow vain desires; for verily he who prospers is preserved from lust, greed and anger.
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I write, having seen what's happening already in my head. I see it as a movie, and I'm just writing down what's happening in front of me.
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I don't understand why young entrepreneurs feel this pressure to take venture capital or go public. Don't get me wrong: Public companies are A-OK with me. I just think there is another way. Staying private is a lot more sane.
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I'm an Oscar nominee. I love saying that. Whatever happens, I'm going to sing that 'I'm an Oscar nominee' part.
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After college, I went into the NBC Page Program. It's one of those great programs that allows kids to get their feet wet in every area of the business.
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It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.
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I'm not at all a hero. I'm a wussy.
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There isn't much discussion of ruling class in America even in Boston, probably one of the most class-conscious cities in the country?
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It'd be crazy to say just because an artist is not successful that means he's not talented. I don't think anybody really believes that, but sometimes it feels that way.
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I would say colonialism is a wonderful thing. It spread civilization to Africa. Before it they had no written language, no wheel as we know it, no schools, no hospitals, not even normal clothing.
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'Faith' and 'trust' are words that put the power in the hands of an outside force that we are meant to rely on - whether it is God or a person or the universe. Certainty puts the power back in our hands.
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When I give notes on a script, I say, 'Guys, I may drift, but it's part of the process.' So I'm aware that I'm drifting, but I'm grabbing a lot of stuff.
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The critical part with meal spacing is that you stabilize your hormones so that you do not have those spikes in insulin that occur when you eat large meals.
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That's what I loved about show business, no two days were alike. It's an exciting life.
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In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace we have built in Europe since 1945.
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Throw not my words away, as many do;They're gold in value, though they're cheap to you.
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Oh what a happy soul am I although I cannot see, I am resolved that in this world contented I shall be. How many blessings I enjoy that other people don't. To weep and sigh, because I'm blind? I cannot and I won't.
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To make Christianity a private affair while banishing all privacy is to relegate it to the rainbow's end or the Greek Calends.
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Modern architecture needed to be part of an evolutionary, not a revolutionary, process.
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I do think there is this danger that our society has made its peace with decline. I'd like to jolt them out of their complacency a little bit.
