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4,407 quotes curated by Chris Lavergne:

“All men underestimate women. Even the one who’s supposed to love us.”
— Anna Delvey / Anna Sorokin, Inventing Anna, Limited Series: A Wolf in Chic Clothing
“You think that there was some evolution, like in the movies or whatever, but I was always who I am. Maybe it would help the both of us going forward if you stop thinking about me like everyone else.”
— Anna Delvey / Anna Sorokin, Inventing Anna, Limited Series: The Devil Wore Anna
“People give people money for all sorts of reasons. Guilt and love are two of the biggest.”
— Anna Delvey / Anna Sorokin, Inventing Anna, Limited Series: Dangerously Close
Tagged: Money
“When you’re angry, you’re just a character in someone else’s story. But when you let your anger go, you reclaim your own story. Become your own protagonist again.”
— Kacy Duke, Inventing Anna, Limited Series: Too Rich for Her Blood
Tagged: Anger, Letting Go
“Are you a magician? Because whenever I look at you, everyone else disappears!”
— Rania Naim, 50+ Hilariously Cheesy Pick-Up Lines
“The Son of God died: it is immediately credible — because it is absurd. He was buried, and rose again: it is certain —because it is impossible”
— Tertullian, De Carne Christi
Tagged: The Secret of Secrecy, Theology
“The critique is that our early DAOs actually aren’t that diverse - by design they reward the early adopters and “in-crowd” first. That they formalize what we already know about governance: those with the money make the rules. Those are fair, but short-term concerns. The upgrade from today’s global plutocracy is that DAO contributors and users can earn liquid political capital and delegated authority with breathtaking speed, and they can do so pseudonymously. But this is also where taxes are collected, benefits offered, and state compliance enforced. It wouldn’t surprise me to see some jurisdictions make it illegal to work for an unregistered DAO as a result. Then again other jurisdictions will likely invite DAO workers with unique tax codes that account for the difficulty in extracting tax without employer and banking oversight.”
— Ryan Selkis, Crypto Theses for 2022
Tagged: DAOs, Web3
“If you want, you can map this to the Hegelian dialectic: thesis, antithesis, synthesis. For Coinbase, the thesis was Bitcoin, the antithesis was the banks, and the synthesis was buying Bitcoin with your bank account.”
— 1729, The Location Stack
“Crypto firm MoonPay has helped Jimmy Fallon and Post Malone to purchase NFTs in recent weeks.”
— Ryan Weeks, MoonPay quietly set up a concierge service to help celebrities buy NFTs
“Instagram’s push of their TikTok-like feature Reels has been increasing in intensity ever since its launch, but even though Reels have started appearing unprompted on my feed, that’s not actually what bothers me. At”
— Kate Lindsay , Instagram is Facebook now