Peter Thiel Quotes
My hope is that we're going to end up with a far more tolerant society, where the erosion of privacy, to the extent it erodes, will be offset by increased tolerance.
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I spent half my life being hurt. The leftovers of hurt are an automatic gesture, like a dog that salivates.
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But as long as you're creating the art you want to create, if people start liking you, you shouldn't have to apologize. You want your stuff to be heard by as many people as possible.
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I think that people who get to a certain position, and then try to ferociously defend it or build on it, it's kind of a dead-end street. You see people becoming miserable that way.
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I warm up with my mom and make sure I understand what the songs are about and make sure I'm using the right technique. To be honest with you, I really don't practice a lot... Usually, I say a prayer and ask the Lord to sing with me and help me and stand on the stage with me.
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Judges can determine fair justice far better than any inane federal mandate.
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You need to make a trip to Des Moines in August, because the Iowa State Fair really is a sight to see. The Iowa Fairgrounds are usually packed for those 11 days, and you get a real sense of what a classic Midwest fair is all about.
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Once a song's out there, it's no longer mine. And that's the whole purpose of music: to belong to people.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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I don't run after successful directors. I give importance to the content of the film.
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Ecuador has about 700 kilometers of border with Colombia, and a lot of it is impenetrable jungle.
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You promised to take care of me and not to turn your back on me. How is it possible that you never wrote to me even once and you never came back to see me? Do you think that it is fun for me to spend months, even years, without any news, without any hope!
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You don't have to have a great voice to sing, just a distinctive one. But make sure you say the words clearly and tell a story.
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I don't get far enough into a boring book to hate it.
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I remember 'Def Comedy Jam' being a big deal and kids talking about it in school, but it was never, 'I want to do that.'
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I don't want to lose what I've won.
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Being made in the image of God, man was the crown of creation.
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My writing books with positive gay characters has come more out of anger than anything else: anger at not having been able to find honest, accurate books about people like myself as a teen, books that show we're as diverse as straight people and that we can lead happy, healthy, productive lives just as straight people can.
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Everybody has busy lives, but you can tell people, 'Go outside and look at the night sky. We've been able to demonstrate that every star you see probably has a planet around it.'
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To bethe eyesand earsand conscienceof the Creator of the Universe,you fool.
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People have a bad habit of blaming the victims. Sarcastically Damn Jews! If hadn't been for them the Nazis wouldn't have exterminated 'em all!
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A legitimate enterprise had to have some moral basis, and the only morality the company knew was debt.
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My hope is that we're going to end up with a far more tolerant society, where the erosion of privacy, to the extent it erodes, will be offset by increased tolerance.
