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In every story of solipsism, there is always a conspiracy. Why? Because there is always a background involved in every perception.

~Douglas Lain

Topics: Always Background Because Conspiracy Every Involved Perception Story Why

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We have co-opted seed funds. You know, Y Combinator, that was completely our money. We have secret handshakes with a whole bunch of people. Very dangerous, because word gets out that so-and-so's money is Sequoia's money, that would not be a good thing.

~Douglas Leone

Topics: Because Bunch Dangerous Funds Gets Good Good Thing Know Money Our Out People Secret Seed Thing Very Whole Word Would You A Good Thing

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Raise as little as you can to get you to something that you can show - plus maybe a quarter or two so you have a little bit of cushion - and then raise some more money. Raise as little - not as much - as you can because that's the most expensive equity you're going to sell.

~Douglas Leone

Topics: Because Bit Cushion Equity Expensive Get Going Little Little Bit Maybe Money More Most Much Plus Quarter Raise Sell Show Some Something Then Two You

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I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within.

~Douglas Macarthur

Topics: Am Any Because Concerned Forces Great Great Nation Insidious Much Nation Our Security Threat Within Without Working I Am

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Inflation was driven by higher labor costs, not higher goods costs. Frankly, I'd love to see a little bit of that. Because I'd love to pay people more. I'd love to see rising wages for everybody.

~Douglas R. Oberhelman

Topics: Because Bit Costs Driven Everybody Frankly Goods Higher Inflation Labor Little Little Bit Love More Pay People Rising See Wages

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We spend a lot of time training and retraining. It's heartbreaking because our education system has failed all of us. And again you go to China, even Mexico, Brazil the education systems are valued - ours are not in this country at K-12 level. It's amazing how that change has transpired in my lifetime.

~Douglas R. Oberhelman

Topics: Again Amazing Because Brazil Change China Country Education Even Failed Go Heartbreaking How Level Lifetime Lot Mexico Our Ours Spend System Systems Time Training Us Valued You K-12

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Children are being adultified because our economy is depending on them to make purchasing decisions. So they're essentially the victims of a marketing and capitalist machine gone awry.

~Douglas Rushkoff

Topics: Because Being Capitalist Children Decisions Depending Economy Essentially Gone Machine Make Marketing Our Purchasing Them Victims

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The faux now of Twitter updates and things pinging at you - all the pulses from digitality that we try to keep up with because we sense that there's something going on that we need to tap into - are artifacts, or symptoms of living in this atemporal reality. And it's not any worse than living in the 'time is money' reality that we're leaving.

~Douglas Rushkoff

Topics: Any Because Going Keep Leaving Living Money Need Now Reality Sense Something Symptoms Tap Than Things Time Time Is Money Try Twitter Up Worse You

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Apple enjoys 'Harry Potter'-like adoration and queues because it sells physical objects, limited by the pace of assembly lines in China. To own is to have, to have is to hold, and to hold is to show off.

~Douglas Rushkoff

Topics: Adoration Apple Assembly Because China Harry Hold Limited Lines Objects Off Own Pace Physical Sells Show Show Off

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There arose a belief in style - and in banality. Banality encompassed politics, too, because it was a common belief that politics were not worthy of art.

~Douglas Sirk

Topics: Art Because Belief Common Politics Style Too Were Worthy

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