Patrick Collison Quotes

I actually made a website called Y2 Combinator, which was the Y Combinator that starts Y Combinator clones. There's a very clear difference in the quality between the companies that come from YC and the companies that don't.

Patrick Collison

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I think that money spoils most things, once it becomes the primary motivating force.

John Cleese

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It's a pleasant thing to be young, and have ten toes.

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Rotgut was, to me, just this way to get into the underground of Manhattan where you have these little pockets a villain could rise from; a rot in the bowels of Manhattan. It led to these stories that were just very creepy.

Ann Nocenti

MeVillainYouRiseWayLittle

I've called myself an actor - I won't say I've been an actor, but I've called myself an actor - since 1989. That's when I moved to Los Angeles.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

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In the afternoon, it's impossible to put down any new words. I don't even try.

Jeff Lindsay

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I never get star-struck. I never fanboy. Ever, ever, ever.

John Tiffany

NeverGetEver

Basting is evil. Basting does nothing for the meat. Why? Skin. Skin is designed to keep stuff out of the bird, so basting just lets heat out of the oven. That means the turkey will take longer to cook... so don't touch that door!

Alton Brown

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I believe in the imperative to explore, so any project that I can be involved with that celebrates that, and expands people's imagination around that idea of pushing out, is one of the most positive things that I think I could be involved with.

Ron Howard

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There's something very special about playing for Liverpool.

Mohamed Salah

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I don't recall being excited about a new rapper, ever.

DMX

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Chris Nolan can put Batman in full body armor, have him drive a car that looks likes a tank, and make him political, and everyone says, 'Oh, that's OK.' But try making him Filipino, and everyone gets mad.

Wyatt Cenac

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I haven't yet figured out how I was made first captain, because I was not an outstanding student. I was an adequate student.

William Westmoreland

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