Peter Thiel Quotes
Contrarian thinking doesn't make any sense unless the world still has secrets left to give up.
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Now that we have a true leader who stands for family and has a loving relationship with his wife, maybe black men and women will follow their example. We have a lot of faith and trust in President Obama because his integrity thus far has shown us a new level of manhood, fatherhood and husbandhood.
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After the bones mended, my left eye was smaller than my right, and my eyebrow never grew back. But you know what? Big deal. I think I became beautiful after the accident. I became kinder, more aware. I gained respect for other people.
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We were both in love with him. I fell out of love with him, but he didn't.
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He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.
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I get homesick.
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My voice, I have to say, is kind of miraculous because I was born with a cleft palate.
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The red-carpet thing of premieres and parties is probably my least favourite part of my job.
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The nearest approach I have ever seen to the symmetry of ancient sculpture was among the Arab tribes of Ethiopia. Our Saxon race can supply the athlete, but not the Apollo.
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Mama is my chance to be a stand-up comedian. In my mind, it's my chance to be Chris Rock.
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You can't trust water: Even a straight stick turns crooked in it.
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If you get anything creative going, then the work and play thing is the same thing, I feel.
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Writing is the supreme solace.
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There is no kind of music I don't listen to. Everything good is interesting. I am as happy with a Bach fugue as I am with a record by Thelonious Monk.
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The living nightmare for a red state NASCAR driver would be a gay French driver.
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I think media people know we're good at making content and how we can be smart about how to consume it. It's always a balance.
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I'd studied English literature at university, but I was also far more enamored with Virginia Woolf, Katherine Mansfield, and James Joyce. That was my passion.
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Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.
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When I sit down to write a novel, I am exploring my own relationship with God, with the struggle between good and evil, my own purpose.
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I have no guitar technique.
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Frankly, right is right and wrong is wrong, particularly when a parent is talking to a child. A bright line around moral responsibility is very important.
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I still sing every day - in the shower or on the set all day. I'm sure everyone will tell you that I never shut up. But it's not in the capacity that I would like to.
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I think this is when most people give up on their stories. They come out of college wanting to change the world, wanting to get married, wanting to have kids and change the way people buy office supplies. But they get into the middle and discover it was harder than they thought. They can't see the distant shore anymore, and they wonder if their paddling is moving them forward. None of the trees behind them are getting smaller and none of the trees ahead are getting bigger. They take it out on their spouses, and they go looking for an easier story.
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Contrarian thinking doesn't make any sense unless the world still has secrets left to give up.
