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“I was a bore and didn’t know when to smile or fake it. Or rather worse, I did but didn’t.”

— Charles Bukowski

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Charles Bukowski Quote: “I was a bore and didn’t know when to smile or fake it. Or rather worse, I did but didn’t.”

“I was a bore and didn’t know when to smile or fake it. Or rather worse, I did but didn’t.”

— Charles Bukowski

Charles Bukowski Quote: “I was a bore and didn’t know when to smile or fake it. Or rather worse, I did but didn’t.”

Charles Bukowski Quote: “I was a bore and didn’t know when to smile or fake it. Or rather worse, I did but didn’t.”

Charles Bukowski Quote: “I was a bore and didn’t know when to smile or fake it. Or rather worse, I did but didn’t.”

Charles Bukowski Quote: “I was a bore and didn’t know when to smile or fake it. Or rather worse, I did but didn’t.”

Charles Bukowski Quote: “I was a bore and didn’t know when to smile or fake it. Or rather worse, I did but didn’t.”

Charles Bukowski Quote: “I was a bore and didn’t know when to smile or fake it. Or rather worse, I did but didn’t.”

Charles Bukowski Quote: “I was a bore and didn’t know when to smile or fake it. Or rather worse, I did but didn’t.”

Charles Bukowski Quote: “I was a bore and didn’t know when to smile or fake it. Or rather worse, I did but didn’t.”

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21. “All failed companies are the same: they failed to escape competition.”

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22. “There’s a wide range of sales ability: there are many gradations between novices, experts, and masters. There are even sales grandmasters. If you don’t know any grandmasters, it’s not because you haven’t encountered them, but rather because their art is hidden in plain sight.”

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23. “Secrets are hard but solvable problems and we should talk about them. It’s hard to work toward a radically better future if you don’t believe in secrets.”

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31. “The biggest secret in venture capital is that the best investment in a successful fund equals or outperforms the entire rest of the fund combined.”

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32. “A startup is the largest endeavor over which you can have definite mastery. You can have agency not just over your own life, but over a small and important part of the world. It begins by rejecting the unjust tyranny of Chance. You are not a lottery ticket.”

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43. “Great tech opportunities happen only once.”

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50. “Anti-aging is an extremely under-explored field.”

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