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Not thinking it's possible is a failure of imagination.

Vinod Khosla

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Vinod Khosla
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: January 28
Businessman
Businessperson
National Capital Region of Delhi
Imagination
Possible
Thinking
Failure

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It doesn't matter what your probability of failure is. If there's a 90% chance of failure, there's a 10% chance of changing the world.
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I don’t mind failing, but if I succeed it better be worth succeeding for.
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If everyone played it safe, we wouldn't get anywhere.
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Everybody else is afraid to fail. I do not really care because when I fail, I try something new.
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