- Learning
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- Nov 07, 2020
New Quotes
On fresh starts, new cities and beginning again.
Many of the quotes here trace what's new: a new city, a new circle of people, a new chapter after school. Several reflect specifically on relocating and adjusting to a very different pace of life. For more on that theme, see our City quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been in thousands of conversations dripping with misogyny. I've initiated many of those conversations myself. From my fraternity roots to my bachelor days in New York, I know I have not always shown up in ways that I am proud of.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being a founder is about being so driven to distraction by the world that you want to put something new in it. It's an act of creation, of irreverence, of defiance, of hope, and arguably one of narcissism.
- Pizza
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm from New York, so I'm simultaneously a snob and will also eat any pizza you put in front of me.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
I loved all sports, and New York's a pretty good sports town, and the Giants - I don't know why we chose the Giants over the Jets, but we chose the Giants.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are now living on Internet time. It's a new territory, and the cyber equivalent of the Oklahoma land rush is on.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a writer for 'New York' magazine. I had been to business school, but what did I know? Still, everybody from the receptionists on up to the editor would ask me what they should do with their money.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
I loved doing problems in school. I'd take them home and make up new ones of my own. But the best problem I ever found, I found in my local public library. I was just browsing through the section of math books and I found this one book, which was all about one particular problem - Fermat's Last Theorem.
- Mathematics
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- Nov 07, 2020
We've lost something that's been with us for so long, and something that drew a lot of us into mathematics. But perhaps that's always the way with math problems, and we just have to find new ones to capture our attention.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
At 18 I began painting steadily fulltime and at age 20 had my first New York show at the Macbeth Gallery.
- Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020
If we create enough new companies, there will be additional opportunities for people at every rung of the educational ladder.
- Innovation
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- Nov 07, 2020
Venture for America operates in communities that could generally use more innovation: Detroit, New Orleans, Baltimore, and other U.S. cities. So I'm obviously a big believer in innovation and progress as key drivers of economic growth and prosperity.
- Nov 07, 2020
One reason why entrepreneurs are admired is that they often take on a degree of risk in launching a new business.
- Executing
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- Nov 07, 2020
A company can set off in one direction, figures out that it's not the right way to go, and then go in an entirely new direction. Over time, the product or service improves, and the company gets better at executing and delivering.
- Legal
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- Nov 07, 2020