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You know what the difference between a vision and a hallucination is? They call it a vision when other people can see it.
Ben HorowitzBen Horowitz There are no silver bullets.
Ben HorowitzBen Horowitz It turns out that is exactly what product strategy is all about—figuring out the right product is the innovator’s job, not the customer’s job.
Ben HorowitzBen Horowitz I believe in strength over lack of weakness.
Ben HorowitzBen Horowitz Here’s where we are and here’s what I didn’t recognize about us and about you when I made the decision, and now it is what it is.
Ben HorowitzBen Horowitz The one thing with stress is, you’ve got to keep your focus on what you can do, not what happened to you.
Ben HorowitzBen Horowitz There is no silver bullet. There are always options and the options have consequences.
Ben HorowitzBen Horowitz When I was CEO, and I’d listen to music, a lot of people listen to music and you get inspiration from it. And a lot of things in hip hop are very instructive for being in business. Particularly, hip hop is a lot about business, and so it was very useful for me in any job.
Ben HorowitzBen Horowitz The trouble with innovation is that truly innovative ideas often look like bad ideas at the time.
Ben HorowitzBen Horowitz A lot of it is on the job training, combined with excellent mentorship.
Ben HorowitzBen Horowitz Nothing motivates a great employee more than a mission that’s so important that it supersedes everyone’s personal ambition.
Ben HorowitzBen Horowitz There are no shortcuts to knowledge, especially knowledge gained from personal experience. Following conventional wisdom and relying on shortcuts can be worse than knowing nothing at all.
Ben HorowitzBen Horowitz Generally the reason they fail in the job is, you made some mistake in the hiring process in that you didn’t match… them to the needs of your company accurately enough. That’s the #1 reason this fails. And that’s generally a good place to start.
Ben HorowitzBen Horowitz The important thing about mobile is, everybody has a computer in their pocket. The implications of so many people connected to the Internet all the time from the standpoint of education is incredible.
Ben HorowitzBen Horowitz The bigger you get, the harder this gets because the more aggressive the people working for you are.
Ben HorowitzBen Horowitz Every time you make the hard, correct decision you become a bit more courageous, and every time you make the easy, wrong decision you become a bit more cowardly. If you are CEO, these choices will lead to a courageous or cowardly company.
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Don’t compare her to sunshine and roses when she’s clearly orchids and moonlight.
Melody LeeMelody Lee Oh moonlight, continue to shine on me. As you light up the sky, maybe some peace will come to me.
ShamaShama Stop counting the reasons why they should be loved and start counting the many reasons why you are the one who is worth loving.
Ayaka HaseAyaka Hase Sure, there are oceans and seas and magnificent things – but none of them are you.
L.T. PhoenixL.T. Phoenix I wish you the wildest of dreams.
Kate WestKate West The way you look at me, The way you make me feel whole, The way you make me feel safe, thats poetry to me.
Barbara GianquittoBarbara Gianquitto You cannot leave and have me too I cannot exist in two places at once-when you ask if we can still be friends.
Rupi KaurRupi Kaur Live to be happy not to impress.
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I’ve been doin’ drive-bys all of my life. Except the bullets are newspapers, the car is my bike.
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham The media here know that there’s the possibility that I can pull this off. I’m confident. Confidence comes with work. When you prepare yourself and you know you’re going into combat with all of your bullets, you have the confidence to go into battle.
Bernard HopkinsBernard Hopkins There are some people i’d take a bullet for, and some people i’d like to put a bullet in.
Benji MaddenBenji Madden I’d rather have a bullet inside of me than to be living in constant dread of one.
Benjamin HarrisonBenjamin Harrison There are no silver bullets.
Ben HorowitzBen Horowitz There is no silver bullet. There are always options and the options have consequences.
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