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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 15 Nov 2014

    The most impressive people I know are almost never mean, and the meanest people I know are almost never impressive.

    6:48 PM - 15 Nov 2014
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      2. Stephan Dörner  🇪🇺‏Verified account @Doener 15 Nov 2014
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg Steve Jobs was very mean to people.

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 15 Nov 2014
        Replying to @Doener

        @Doener I've heard that. If so he was one of the rare exceptions.

        1 reply 2 retweets 2 likes
      4. #JeSuisGoogle+‏ @ProfJeffJarviss 15 Nov 2014
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg @Doener Larry Ellison?

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      2. Tommy Nicholas‏ @tommyrva 15 Nov 2014
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg same with defensive, secretive, and paranoid.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 15 Nov 2014
        Replying to @tommyrva

        @tommyrva Unfortunately a lot of smart people seem to have been those. Newton for example.

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Tommy Nicholas‏ @tommyrva 15 Nov 2014
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg yeah I almost immediately realized how many historical outliers had these. Personal experience though, not impressed by ppl with them

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. justin!‏ @Justin_Geldz 17 Nov 2014
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        @tommyrva I see you subtweeting me

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      2. Chris Saad‏Verified account @ChrisSaad 15 Nov 2014
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        @paulg my pet hate is people who confuse cynicism and intelligence

        2 replies 1 retweet 1 like
      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 15 Nov 2014
        Replying to @ChrisSaad

        @ChrisSaad Fortunately that decreases with age. Rampant in high school, rare at 50.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Chris Saad‏Verified account @ChrisSaad 15 Nov 2014
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg it's also cultural, super popular for people of all ages in Australia for example :)

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      1. Ryan Plesko‏ @plesko 15 Nov 2014
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        YES! RT @paulg: The most impressive people I know are almost never mean, and the meanest people I know are almost never impressive.

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      1. Vinay Jaiswal‏ @viswal 17 Nov 2014
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        “@paulg: The most impressive people I know are almost never mean, and the meanest people I know are almost never impressive.” #startup

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      1. Mark Essien‏Verified account @markessien 16 Nov 2014
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        @paulg Failure leads to bitterness, and bitter people tend to be meaner than the average

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      1. Sumeet Jain‏ @sumeet_jain 15 Nov 2014
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        Yes! “@paulg: The most impressive people I know are almost never mean, and the meanest people I know are almost never impressive.”

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      2. Zac Cichy‏ @zcichy 19 Nov 2014
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        @paulg @Daman Reductive. People interpret people differently. One person's mean is another person's deep passion or care.

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      3. Daman Bahner‏ @Daman 19 Nov 2014
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        @zcichy @paulg I'll allow itpic.twitter.com/Vw2JToTcSw

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      2. Kevin Stubbs‏ @IAmKevinStubbs 15 Nov 2014
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        @paulg I wonder where Linus falls in that spectrum.

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      2. Vikram Bath1 👻‏ @vikrambath1 15 Nov 2014
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        @paulg Most of us are simply neither.

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