Peter Thiel Quotes
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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Brain cells are normally not sensitive to light. So by introducing light-sensitive proteins into specific types of neurons, we can now selectively control that specific type of neuron by shining light in the brain.
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I'm absolutely a Ron Paul fan.
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If North American musicians would only know how uncomfortable life is for European musicians.
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And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.
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I suppose anybody just losing it and sputtering curses is pretty funny. But I think it would be more of a challenge, much more of a challenge, to make a cursing dad funny.
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My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with.
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Skating is tough to pick up when you are a grown up.
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I was gladly cuffed, shackled, loaded into the caged bus and driven through the main gate of Bare Hill Correctional Facility for what I pray to God will be forever.
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I like boxes because of the secrets they hide.
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Chinese people need to be controlled; otherwise, they will do whatever they want.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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While he was president, it was popular to be a Nixon hater.
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If I wanted to know what a certain future would feel like to me, I would find someone who is already living that future. If I wonder what it's like to become a lawyer or marry a busy executive or eat at a particular restaurant, my best bet is to find people who have actually done these things and see how happy they are.
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During the Cold War, the U.S. instituted a policy of sending money to governments in poor countries to buy their political loyalty. While studies show that sending aid to foreign governments creates allegiance, it does not lead to economic progress.
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The idea of a stag hunt evokes chivalry - knights in jerkins and hose, ladies on sidesaddles with wimples and billowing dresses, a white stag symbolizing something-or-other, and Robin Hood getting in the way. An actual stag hunt is more like a horseback meeting of a county planning commission.
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I always felt like Tahliah's a very grown-up name to have. It's a pretty name when you're young, and then I think when I became a young lady, it felt kind of like a lot to grow into for some reason. I don't know. It sounds kind of regal. I never really liked it. I always felt like I couldn't live up to it.
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A melody is not merely something you can hum.
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I believe that the question of the existence of God is an impenetrable mystery and beyond human comprehension.
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So much of every art is an expression of the subconscious that it seems to me most of all the important qualities are put there unconsciously, and little of importance by the conscious intellect. But these are things for the psychologist to untangle.
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You have riches and freedom here but I feel no sense of faith or direction. You have so many computers, why don't you use them in the search for love?
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There were times in my career I went a little further than I wanted because of expectations. Doing certain things onstage when children were in the audience, wearing certain clothes, singing certain lyrics.
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When you look at all of the great players who ever played the game, they all had that other gear that they could go to, and it makes a world of difference.
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I believe, basically, that individual freedom is very important.
