Tyler Winklevoss Quotes
We may have been born on third base, but we worked like we were starting from home plate. You know: batter up.
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I'm not willing to commit American taxpayers' money anymore or American troops on the ground in another Middle Eastern country.
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I am not content to entrust our free-speech rights to the good graces and whims of Congress and hope that politicians don't abuse their power.
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Maybe 10 times a year I'll do a corporate date, but no casinos or no nightclubs or no comedy clubs.
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Not only is self-regulation largely a fantasy, but repeated scandals across multiple industries have proved that companies are fundamentally incapable of self-regulating for the greater good.
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When the depths are upheld by the Holy Spirit, then the reaction is Christian.
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No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist.
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For decades, scholars have studied the ways in which implicit biases affect how we perceive other people in this multiethnic society of ours. The data consistently shows that about 90 percent of us possess some implicit prejudices - and, unsurprisingly, people typically favor their own group.
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The incredible cinematography makes 'A Walk to Beautiful' almost like a poem; there is a tenderness on display that seems to emanate from the camera. There is also great sensitivity to the women whose stories are being told - never did I have a sense of the subjects being exploited.
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Often what we do is open our house for various charity events. I don't seat according to protocol. I don't invite people because of who they are in the administration or their positions of power. The few who do come, are there because I like them.
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In Germany, of course, the Holocaust will always be in our history and a big stain on our lives.
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I have always battled injustice. As a child, I used to fight on the side of my friends when boys terrorized them.
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There is still a funny notion that women should not write violent fiction.
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Some people need sequins, others don't.
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My life is what a salmon must feel like. They are always going upstream, against the current.
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Control of a company does not carry with it the ability to control the price of its stock.
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Men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all the other alternatives.
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If an alien with an accounting degree touched down in America, it might conclude that we're a weird cult that spends 11 months living frugally and four crazy weeks buying tons of stuff we don't need. It wouldn't be entirely wrong, either.
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If you expect the blessings of God, be kind to His people.
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My most annoying habit is complaining about my aches and pains. It's the new ones that I haven't identified yet that make me nervous. According to my wife, I complain way too much. I may be a borderline hypochondriac, or you could say I am fascinated by the body - at least by mine.
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The point of departure of the process to which we wish to contribute is the fact that war is the natural reaction of human nature in the savage state, while peace is the result of acquired characteristics.
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Initially, I think I was eager to get off Staten Island and go away for school, that kind of thing. Then what you do maybe 10 years after that, you start maybe appreciating all the great things about the place you grew up. You can go back and enjoy it because you don't have that angst or sense of struggle to get away anymore.
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I grew up in a high school where it was very conservative, and I felt like people disapproved of me, and I felt like an outsider.
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We may have been born on third base, but we worked like we were starting from home plate. You know: batter up.
