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"The way to get startup ideas is not to try to think of startup ideas. It's to look for problems, preferably problems you have yourself."

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MORE QUOTES BY Paul Graham

“Write as if you're trying to explain things to a very smart version of yourself.”

Paul Graham

“The easiest way to get people to do good work is to make them think what they are doing is important”

“You can't trust your judgment when your imagination is out of focus.”

“The most dangerous way to lose time is not to spend it having fun, but to spend it doing fake work”

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“The best way out is always through.”

“Going in one more round when you don’t think you can, that’s what makes all the differ...”

“You either play the game or let the game play you.”

“The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.”

“If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine: it is lethal.”

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”

“What’s the world’s greatest lie?… It’s this: that at a certain point in our lives,...”

“To the world you may be one person; but to one person you may be the world.”

“Today is your day, your mountain is waiting. So get on your way.”

“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth”