Joshua Foer Quotes
Our lives are the sum of our memories. How much are we willing to lose from our already short lives by … not paying attention?
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My father was a very gregarious, very open guy. So every weekend, the house was full of people.
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I take my kids to school... I make them breakfast. Unfortunately, dad is a big spoiler, and most days, I make four different breakfasts.
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The main reason I backed DeepMind was strategic: I see my role as bridging the AI research and AI safety communities.
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Our quarterbacks were getting hurt; a couple got kicked out of school. The coach asked who wanted to try out for QB. I went and tried out, and from there on, I was a quarterback. I was ineligible in 10th grade until spring, so I did baseball. I started in left field and pitched.
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I'm not a rock singer and I don't want to be a rock singer. I'm not interested. It doesn't seem to get across.
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Sometimes, I get afraid it has defined me, that sense of grief, loss and illness. But actually, it is about allowing myself to take hold and say: 'This is part of who I am, but not only who I am.'
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Even the most embarrassing mishap can be spun into comedic gold.
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The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things.
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Some of my books sort of have a provocative take. Sometimes you find interesting things about characters that show they weren't necessarily the way people usually see them. It can make for lively conversations, but that's great. Spark a little controversy, get people to think about it. That's what it's all about.
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Threats that could wipe out the bulk of life on earth abound. Planetary catastrophe could come in the form of a killer asteroid impact, the eruption of massive supervolcanoes, a nearby gamma ray burst that sterilizes the earth, or by human-driven environmental collapse.
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It was kind of scary because working with Woody Allen becomes sort of a big deal in your mind. He directs in that Woody Allen character some of the time - he has these idiosyncrasies that are really charming and funny.
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I'm trying to figure out the biology of dinosaurs and what they were like as living creatures.
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And that's what art is, a form in which people can reflect on who we are as human beings and come to some understanding of this journey we are on.
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I think I matured quite early, but what that does mean is I have moments of complete immaturity. When I come home, I don't want to be an actor. I just want to be a kid. I barely even know what money is.
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My parents, my family, that's the biggest inspiration in my life. I've been in a lot of dark spots in my life, and if it wasn't for them, I wouldn't be able to get out of it, but they are who they are. They followed me. They yelled at me. They screamed at me. They loved me.
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In order to win you must be prepared to lose sometime. And leave one or two cards showing.
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One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king.
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Platitude: an idea (a) that is admitted to be true by everyone, and (b) that is not true.
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I would love to get Rihanna on a Khaled song. That's my friend, but every time I'm around her, I get shy.
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Most of the guys in the NFL would sit here and tell you we don't condone the abuse of a child, any sort of abuse of a woman, breaking rules, failing drug tests, or doing any of those things. We hold ourselves to a very high standard.
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I grew up as the youngest child in a big, noisy family, and there was always someone around to hang out with.
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In the landscape, colors are more neutral than you may think. Pay close attention to this. Small areas of rich color can make the whole painting look colorful.
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Scientists are doing an awful lot of damage to the world in the name of helping it. I don't mind attacking my own fraternity because I am ashamed of it.
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Our lives are the sum of our memories. How much are we willing to lose from our already short lives by … not paying attention?
