Peter Thiel Quotes
There's no single right place to be an entrepreneur, but certainly there's something about Silicon Valley.
Quotes to Explore
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Why is it that our young kids all across America can solve the most complex problems in a video game involving executive decision making and analytical thinking, yet we accept the fact that they can't add or read?
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As you probably know, I've written a lot about the presidency, so it's obviously exciting when you get to interview a president and write about it.
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We must defend what we have achieved so far.
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As the law minister, I had ensured that the government's right to natural resources was protected. The result was evident. The honourable Supreme Court gave the landmark decision in RIL vs RNRL case that the government is the owner of all natural resources.
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Choreography and creativity - it's my matrix; let's see where we can move.
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We all have original ideas. Even if we don't see ourselves as supercreative or as wild nonconformists, we have insights every day about how the world around us could be better. It might be a better way of running meetings in your office that would be less mind-numbing. It might be a little twist on a product or a service.
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Jung viewed Freud as a mentor, but he never wanted to be anybody's disciple.
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Personally, becoming a mother has been such a rewarding and wonderful experience. However, at times it has also been a huge challenge. Even for me who has support at home that most mothers do not.
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Religion has caused more harm than any other idea since the beginning of time. There's nothing good I can say about it. People use it as a crutch.
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Decision making in a democracy depends above all on knowledge and not just the intel available to presidents and policymakers.
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I think that people always just assumed that I was a liberal because I came from Southeast Seattle.
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As a New Yorker, or wherever I am, I just want to know I can get our of the house in five minutes if I have to and not have to spend a bunch of time obsessing in the mirror, trying on a million different options. Now, I just know what works.
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I urge researchers to make use of the opportunities that are available to them and to do all they can to fulfill the promise that stem cell research offers.
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I tend not to have any references to anything. I just jump into the script in front of me. If you reference too much, you have no idea if the performances are right.
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It's called 'I Wanna Thank You,' and I'm encouraging everybody out there to blog, Tweet, Facebook, anything about it. Let's sign a petition. The petition is called 'Busta Rhymes Make 'I Wanna Thank You' Your First Single.'
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Strange story about Degas. He hated women, didn't want to be with them. Yet he spent much of his life painting them. He had seen his father maltreat his mother, must have had a deep fear that he'd do the same thing.
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I never met a poor person who wanted to soak the rich; they want to get rich.
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All of the very important events in my life happen by chance.
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A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.
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I would say my voice is actor-neutral.
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At Cambridge, it was the weirdest culture. Everyone pretended they didn't do any work, yet it was so competitive.
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The BBC produces wonderful programmes; it also produces a load of old rubbish.
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The entrepreneurial bug had already bitten my son Ankur by the time he got to college. As a lifelong entrepreneur, I certainly didn't want to dampen his enthusiasm by telling him he couldn't do it, but I also wanted to make sure it was balanced with the proper attention to his studies.
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There's no single right place to be an entrepreneur, but certainly there's something about Silicon Valley.
