“European public opinion will apparently tolerate people being fired in industries where they really care about performance. Unfortunately the only industry they care enough about so far is soccer.”

—  Paul Graham

"Why Startups Condense in America" http://www.paulgraham.com/america.html, May 2006

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English programmer, venture capitalist, and essayist 1964

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