Peter Thiel Quotes

Whenever I talk to people who founded a company, I often like to ask the prehistory questions 'When did you meet? How long have you been working before you started the company?' A bad answer is, 'We met at a networking event a week ago, and we started a company because we both want to be entrepreneurs.'

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• But you see, I have played more good guys than I have played villains.

  

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• The death tax robs parents of the opportunity to pass something along to their children, and it is responsible for destroying a lot of family-owned businesses.

  

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• Though teenagers are generally very interested in sports, they must realise that education is the most important thing in their lives. They must find the right balance.

  

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• I try to do two moot courts for every Supreme Court case (and one to two for courts of appeals), and to ensure I am being mooted by people who know the Supreme Court well and are coming to the case fresh.

  

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• We have to embrace the good over the bad. That has to be one's personal project.

  

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• On the other hand, the American public possesses a great resilience and strength, and good risk communication strategies can tap into and even amplify those assets.

  

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• It's good to have a leader, otherwise we argue too much.

  

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• I take my kids to school... I make them breakfast. Unfortunately, dad is a big spoiler, and most days, I make four different breakfasts.

  

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• More and more, we're used to taking things in through the eyes rather than through the ears, and opera is more of a spectacle.

  

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• When you make as many speeches and you talk as much as I do and you get away from the text, it's always a possibility to get a few words tangled here and there.

  

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• You have to love your body, respect it, and treat it well.

  

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• They cannot divide us by saying that you're middle class or you're lower class.

  

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• I work a lot of hours, and in this business you really try to keep as busy as you possibly can. Sometimes when you really focus on kids in your free time you lose the husband and wife relationship to some degree. It's been a real focus for us to make sure we stay focused on us two.

  

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• I love Channing Tatum!

  

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• Nancy Lopez has always been a role model of mine... so to have the opportunity to play for her and spend time with her has been amazing.

  

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• I believe in stopping work and eating lunch.

  

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• I think what was frustrating to see a lot of good people go. You don't picture it, you don't imagine it, don't think it could happen. When it does, you are puzzled.

  

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• Actors who perhaps are super-confident and have absolute belief in themselves I always admire, because I can't really be like that. Because you never know what's right: what you feel inside versus what is portrayed.

  

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• Mom's dad was in the army, stormed the beach at Normandy, fought through the French hedgerows, the Battle of the Ardennes, the Battle of the Bulge, and liberated concentration camps at the end of the war.

  

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• I don't get afraid in talking about subject matter that may spark controversy, and I'm not afraid to not be liked. I think that sometimes people pay too much attention to being liked, and it's paralyzing.

  

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• There's no point in using someone else's characters if you're going to turn them into your own vision. You have to be loyal to that person's worldview and sensitive to what they would and wouldn't have done with their characters, and how explicit or inexplicit they would've been.

  

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• I stand by the stuff I say, even the really stupid stuff. I'll find a way to justify it.

  

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• Whenever I talk to people who founded a company, I often like to ask the prehistory questions 'When did you meet? How long have you been working before you started the company?' A bad answer is, 'We met at a networking event a week ago, and we started a company because we both want to be entrepreneurs.'

  

  Peter Thiel
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