I've probably failed more often than anybody else in Silicon Valley. Those don't matter. I don't remember the failures. You remember the big successes.
Vinod Khosla
Related I don't be remembering women that I've met before. I don't remember people as a whole. I... WALE I don't remember anybody's name. How do you think the 'dahling' thing got started? ZSA ZSA GABOR I don't remember threatening anybody, ever. I don't like threats. I don't respond well t... ROGER AILES If you remember me, then I don't care if everyone else forgets. HARUKI MURAKAMI I don't live for poetry. I live far more than anybody else does. CHARLES OLSON You don't learn from successes; you don't learn from awards; you don't learn from celebr... JANE FONDA I still remember the entire Boy Scout motto. I don't remember the serial number of my gun in the... TOMMY LASORDA I've voted Libertarian as long as I can remember, but I don't really remember much before th... PENN JILLETTE I don't remember having a crush on a boy when I was a girl. I don't even remember my first k... MAUREEN O'HARA I'm thrilled when I get nominated. I don't count how many and I don't remember how many ... MERYL STREEP Life is made up of small pleasures. Happiness is made up of those tiny successes. The big ones come ... NORMAN LEAR I don't ever remember overcoming adversities. NORM CROSBY Google has been amazing at acqui-hiring, buying small companies for the engineers. I think in the co... ROSS LEVINSOHN I don't know what I've done that has made people so interested in me, more than anyone else. RACHEL LAMBERT MELLON Remember you don't do anything in isolation. ABDULLAH II OF JORDAN See, me, I don't run away. During my successes or my failures, I put it on me. FAT JOE As athletes, we're defined by what we've accomplished. Those are what most people remember a... DAN O'BRIEN I have a feeling that life as a billionaire in Silicon Valley is very different than the life that y... ALEC BERG I don't remember a time that I didn't know how to play the guitar. KAKI KING I don't like getting out when I could be painting. And when I'm painting, I don't want a... CAPTAIN BEEFHEART I don't care if people remember Garth Brooks. GARTH BROOKS If I don't direct a movie at some point, I've failed personally. ADAM BRODY I've proven I'm courageous. I'm gutsier than anybody; I've got a better imagination ... MICHAEL KEATON I don't drink coffee. I've never had a cup of coffee in my entire life. That's something... STEVEN SPIELBERG If you hire only those people you understand, the company will never get people better than you are.... SOICHIRO HONDA I've probably done more than a thousand interviews, and I can't remember what people asked m... ADAM MANSBACH It's cheesy, but having a pimple or a bad hair day isn't going to matter in five years. I do... ABIGAIL BRESLIN But I've really learned you don't have to fit in. No matter where you go, you're always ... JENA MALONE I don't remember ever being full of dislike and hatred for people, like some kids I've come ... JEFFREY BERNARD I'm a Top 40 record guy. I remember the hits and don't remember the flops. Something in my b... STEVE CROPPER I don't really remember much about the '60s at all. You know, 1970 is the first year I remem... HANK AZARIA Remember - you can't beam through a force field. So, don't try it. WILLIAM SHATNER I don't have any beauty shop memories. I remember the barber shop. JENIFER LEWIS I don't even remember the last time I bought an album, honestly. ACTION BRONSON I was blessed with blonde hair and a baby face - well, I don't know if you'd call that bless... CLAY MATTHEWS III If you don't find a new website when you Stumble, we've failed. GARRETT CAMP I used to wear heels because I wanted to show people I wasn't ashamed of being tall. But I don... ELLE MACPHERSON Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter d... BERNARD BARUCH I don't think geometric art is... I don't like to call it that. I don't think it's a... DONALD JUDD I don't like people lying to me. I don't like people who don't return my calls. I don... DAN AYKROYD If you don't love yourself, you can't love anybody else. And I think as women we really forg... JENNIFER LOPEZ That's the privilege of old age: You don't have to remember. ALAN ARKIN I think that comedy really tells you how it is. The other thing about comedy is that - you don't... CARL REINER If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything. MARK TWAIN Seth Green, he and I are trying to figure out how this all came about. Because we don't remember... KATEE SACKHOFF It's true: I don't remember what life was like before parenthood. VERA FARMIGA I don't really remember a time younger than 5 years old that I didn't have skates on because... MICHELLE KWAN People don't remember. Revenge is sweet. TRACEY EMIN Don't ever try and be like anybody else and don't be afraid to take risks. WAYLON JENNINGS The big ideas always come in flashes. I don't really craft stories that much. I genuinely don... TAIYE SELASI I don't enjoy good food. I don't enjoy flashy cars. I don't care if I live in a dump. I ... JACK KEVORKIAN I've always declined to speak about things I don't think are anybody's business, and wha... ANNIE POTTS I'm no different from anybody else. If I don't have a card, I can't check out these book... BESS TRUMAN I don't know what other people are like, I haven't been able to crawl inside anybody else. IRIS DEMENT I'm probably not your typical business person in many ways. I don't wear a suit. I don't... GERRY HARVEY Somehow I wasn't completely crucified by the critics. I don't know how or why, I probably sh... LEIF GARRETT I don't want to tell people how to remember me. I want people to remember me as they remember me... JOHN TRUDELL I don't feel like an idol to anybody. I don't feel anybody should look up to me. LAURA TROTT It makes me wonder, Do we spend most of our days trying to remember or forget things? Do we spend mo... MARKUS ZUSAK I'm friends with Dierks Bentley. Aside from that, I don't really know anybody else in the co... PATRICK CARNEY I'm basically a very happy person and I don't have to be anybody else. JILLY COOPER I don't trust anybody who didn't inhale. PETER FONDA You obviously don't really forget how to play the old songs; you just don't have to spend so... JEFF TWEEDY I am in the fighting game. I don't care about anything else. I don't watch the news, I don... CONOR MCGREGOR I don't understand labels. I don't need anybody to tell me I'm Latina or black or anythi... ZOE SALDANA I don't remember the last time I drove. I'd rather be a passenger unless I'm somewhere b... RILEY KEOUGH Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH I don't wish anybody ill, I really don't. I've got a lot of faults, but I was never jeal... LARRY KING I don't spend much time looking back at what happened. I do remember it, but I don't see any... AMITABH BACHCHAN Acknowledging your mistakes also has its pluses, but we often don't have trouble recalling or mu... JACK CANFIELD I think it's important to remember that to exercise you don't have to run a sprint. EMILY DESCHANEL What's important is that people realize that I can't be put into a box musically. I've s... TREY SONGZ I compare it to being in a car accident. There's so much adrenaline rushing through you that you... BROOKE LANGTON My personal philosophy would be don't whine, don't let opportunities pass you by, be willing... JAMES MARSTERS I tell my children now that they are older, 'If something happens to me... don't make no big... B. B. KING If I lie, I forget what I said the first time. I won't remember the lie. I don't know how pe... ZACK GREINKE Often times I'm confronted with a quote that I don't remember saying. So, on one hand it'... WILL FERRELL When you're buying a pair of TOMS, if you don't feel like you're part of a community, th... BLAKE MYCOSKIE There is pressure that comes with everything being a big deal. I remember thinking, 'I need to s... JAMES MERCER I have rooms full of little dongly things and don't want any more. Half the little dongly things... DOUGLAS ADAMS I often don't see what I've done, or I cringe when I watch myself. PETER DINKLAGE I really don't hold grudges. I mean, I remember everything, but I move on. ROBERT KRAFT When I was younger, I was a bit of a feisty fighter type of guy. That's something my father told... NATE ROBINSON I made the tenor sax - there's nobody plays like me and I don't play like anybody else. COLEMAN HAWKINS I have never been offended. I don't know what it means. It's not that I disagree with it. I ... MILO YIANNOPOULOS I said from the very beginning, I don't want a big house, I don't want big grounds, I don... NANCY REAGAN I don't want anything seventy-thirty. Fifty-fifty's always good enough for me. I don't w... JAMES DEAN I don't think anybody ever really just retires where they don't do anything. OZZIE SMITH I don't cook fancy every day. I don't think anybody can, nor would it be very good for you. AARTI SEQUEIRA I don't think there's anybody better than Leonardo DiCaprio, and I've been saying that s... MICHAEL KEATON Men don't even ask me out. I can't remember the last time I was asked out on a date, and I... ANNA NICOLE SMITH I don't want to be in somebody else's movie, and then they make all the money. I've gott... EAZY-E I've always told the truth. I've often been wrong - but I've never knowingly lied. Not i... KEN LIVINGSTONE I don't know what else you could do that is more vulnerable - maybe dancing - than singing. ADAM DRIVER I don't have big security guards. I don't have an entourage. TAYLOR SWIFT I've learned that you don't need a lot in life. If it can't fit into a suitcase, you don... JOYCE DIDONATO I was the chief executive once, I've been there. My recommendation to anybody is don't go ba... STUART ROSE Tough times don't last, tough people do, remember? GREGORY PECK Remember, weapons of mass destruction don't mean missiles. NOAM CHOMSKY
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