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I'm a fiscal hawk. I vote against all taxes, but I do believe the environment, and climate change, is a bigger issue than fiscal deficits are as a risk to the nation.

Vinod Khosla

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Vinod Khosla
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: January 28
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National Capital Region of Delhi
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There are parts of the country in America, in the Midwest, where wind is a big resource, and we should absolutely use it. But to try and apply it nationally doesn't make sense. There are technologies that will work that are appropriate to certain regions.
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In my view, it’s irreverence, foolish confidence and naivety combined with persistence, open mindedness and a continual ability to learn that created Facebook, Google, Yahoo, eBay, Microsoft, Apple, Juniper, AOL, Sun Microsystems and others.
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We humans think linearly but tech trends are exponential.
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I'm not a political person. I'm a techie nerd, and I enjoy the techie part. I mean, all my life, I've loved great technology.
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Any problem is an opportunity. The bigger the problem, the bigger the opportunity.
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My willingness to fail gives me the ability to succeed.
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Imagine the world of mobile based on Nokia and Motorola if Apple had not been restarted by a missionary entrepreneur named Steve Jobs who cared more for his vision than being tactical and financial.
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I believe cellulosic fuels, biofuels made from nonfood crops are the only solution that will make a difference.
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I've probably failed more often than anybody else in Silicon Valley. Those don't matter. I don't remember the failures. You remember the big successes.
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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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An entrepreneur is someone who dares to dream the dreams and is foolish enough to try to make those dreams come true.
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We don't need a fuel that's cleaner, we need a fuel that happens to be cleaner, but is half the price of oil.
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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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Your cellphone has 10 sensors, and your car has 400. But your body has none - that's going to change.
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The state of healthcare today is that we are busy in the practice of medicine vs. being in the science of medicine.
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In the next 10 years, data science and software will do more for medicine than all of the biological sciences together.
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Success comes to those that dare to dream dreams and are foolish enough to try and make them come true.
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