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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What I think I have in common with the school of deconstruction is the mode of negative thinking or negative awareness, in the technical, philosophical sense of the negative, but which comes to me through negative theology.
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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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As a Republican, I know that myself and the overwhelming majority of the Republicans I have served or interacted with understand that Americans have different beliefs, and they have the right to voice those beliefs.
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The biggest beauty myth is that everyone looks better without makeup. That's not true. Makeup is important.
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One of the greatest joys of tennis is having a nice volley and not really keeping score, not really looking at the lines, but just catching up with each other.
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Mom still has a huge, beautifully decorated Christmas tree. The whole family comes together after midnight mass and has the traditional plum cake and wine. We spend the night at mom's home, and in the morning we wake up and open the presents. In the afternoon, we sit down to have a traditional Christmas lunch.
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La tierra es de quien la trabaja con sus manos.
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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.
