“There's a difference between being a fundamentalist and being al-Qaeda and being Muslim. It's absurd to think otherwise.”
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“There's a difference between being a fundamentalist and being al-Qaeda and being Muslim. It's absurd to think otherwise.”
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“The promise of the Internet is being held back by Visa, Master Card, American Express.”
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“The idea of money being something physical is almost entirely a fiction. Sure, you can go to your ATM and pull out cash. And you can feel cash in your back pocket and have some tangible comf...”
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“The narrative behind bitcoin has been dominated by bad behavior. The reality is bitcoin is filled with tons of talented developers building infrastructure.”
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“You'll be using digital currency. I think really what will happen is you'll use a combination of bitcoin, ether, your devices, the 'Internet of Things.' We've got billions of devices coming...”
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“I think it's always interesting when you see a company start moving so quickly - it's like wow, incredible. When a company like Uber starts breaking away, it's not a linear thing. It's expon...”
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“Gemini is a spot bitcoin exchange. To use it, you sign up with Gemini.com and undergo the initial standard review process, similar to what you'd encounter at a traditional bank. Once you're...”
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“We may have been born on third base, but we worked like we were starting from home plate. You know: batter up.”
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“We have elected to put our money and faith in a mathematical framework that is free of politics and human error.”
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“Every investor around the world wants to invest in U.S. markets because they're regulated and they're licensed. They're trustworthy; they have confidence. If you take that away, the global e...”
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“Hate is a strong word. It's also very destructive, so no - I don't hate Mark Zuckerberg.”
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“The attraction to me was that Harvard was such a big community, with interesting things to do and interesting people, but you realise when you're there that things are a lot narrower than yo...”
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“I'm not a man who likes to define his identity too narrowly.”
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“We are pretty firm believers in the fact that you make your own fate, with or without the Facebook ordeal.”
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“For me, becoming the best you can be in something that you love, like rowing, is incredibly challenging, and what you learn about yourself, the sense of satisfaction as you get older and mov...”
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“On one of our very first days when we tried rowing, our coach, James Mangan, showed us a video of the Boat Race. That was part of the impetus for us to start rowing.”
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“I don't think it hurts to have rowing featured in a movie that's in the race for the best pictures. If it means someone might try the sport... then I'm really excited and happy about that.”
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“Judging a child taking his first steps for not being able to run a marathon is shortsighted.”
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“Calling bitcoin volatile - it's a non-statement. Unregulated assets with unclear regulatory landscapes are always going to be volatile. That's what unregulated assets do.”
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“We've weathered a few storms before, like when social networking was considered a fad. I think that we have a track record of being on to something big.”
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