Vinod Khosla Quotes
Is it 10 years, 20, 50 before we reach that tipping point where climate change becomes irreversible? Nobody can know. There's clearly a probability distribution. We need to ensure this planet, and we need to do it quickly.
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I think it would be shocking for me to pretend not to have any past. And also, it would be a lie.
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After retiring from competition in 1981, I did exhibitions and coached.
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We can't assign beliefs to people who don't have a voice to express them. And we can't assume what someone thinks.
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My dad's a history buff, and I spent a lot of time on Hadrian's Wall. I became fascinated by the idea of what was so terrifying up there that the Romans built a 60-mile long, 30-ft-high stone wall to keep it out.
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I looked at my mom and her life, and I thought, 'I don't want that.' I don't think my mom wanted it, either. I think my mom did want to be out there and have a career. She loved working. As soon as we were old enough to feed ourselves, she was out.
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Already at the origin of the species man was equal to what he was destined to become.
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those misgivings were surely put to rest by the lengthy statement we have just heard.
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Let us get on with creating the democratic and pluralistic society that we say we are.
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I enjoy playing villains - I'm very proud that I belong to a very honorable tradition of British actors who come to Hollywood to play the bad guys. At some point in American film, I think there was the idea that the British accent had a tone to it that's a little bit naughty.
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My biggest frustration so far is the fact that this society has not been willing to take some basic steps to keep guns out of the hands of people who can do just unbelievable damage. We're the only developed country on Earth where this happens. ... And it happens once a week. And it's a one-day story. ... The country has to do some soul-searching on this.
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A hundred years ago-even 20 or 30 years ago-it was possible, if not always easy, to close major business by calling on and satisfying a key decision-maker. Today, every piece of business entails multiple decisions, and those decisions are virtually never made by the same person. Not only do you have to contend with multiple decisions, but the people who make those decisions may not even work in the same place.
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The price point and the quality are very rare. I don't want people thinking, "I got the look for less." I want them thinking, "I got the look!"
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This club needs an impetus of energy - but I just feel tired to be honest. I'm worn out.
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My parents were very supportive of my chess. When I got home after a game of chess, having missed school or something, they always made me feel very welcome; I didn't feel guilty at all about pursuing chess with such fervour. They never, for instance, perceived sports as a rival to academics.
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Policies are judged by their consequences but crusades are judged by how good they make the crusaders feel.
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I never ask for nothin' I don't demand of myself. Honesty, loyalty, friends and then wealth
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Discretion in speech is more than eloquence.
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The music is not in the notes, but in the silence between.
