Erik Brynjolfsson Quotes
Because the process of innovation often relies heavily on the combining and recombining of previous innovations, the broader and deeper the pool of accessible ideas and individuals, the more opportunities there are for innovation.
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I'm not even sure I have a style! All I know for sure is I don't want to look like everyone else.
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There is no greater power in Heaven or on Earth than pure, unconditional love. The nature of the God force, the unseen intelligence in all things, which causes the material world and is the center of both the spiritual and physical plane, is best described as pure, unconditional love.
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I don't like possessions.
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I can go back to Egypt anytime I want. Can I leave Egypt anytime I want? I think I can. I think I can.
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Corruption, the greatest single bane of our society today.
Olusegun Obasanjo -
He who binds his soul to knowledge, steals the key of heaven.
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We grew up listening to music like that: we grew up on the snap music, grew up off the trap music, grew up on all the South sound.
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My quality of life here in Quebec City is extraordinary.
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In the Army, because the stakes are so high - right? - you can't just be a yes-man and say, 'Great idea, boss!' if you don't believe it - right? - because lives are at stake. And the commanders that I've worked for, they want frank assessments; they want criticism and feedback.
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It's insane to me to ask anybody to be what they're not. Know what you know the best, love the most. That's always going to be the answer to the thing that you have the best shot at winning at.
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Perhaps I am not as wise as I like to think I am.
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The white man, in his press, is going to identify me with 'hate.'
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When the time comes for your brain to process the information, the second word comes up faster than the first one. So when it's in your head, all of a sudden, it comes out backwards and you think of the word backwards.
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I like storytelling, and I feel more confident as the years have gone on about my ability to do that.
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And I said, yes, if you think that I avoid bloodshed by standing aside, then I will stand aside.
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No human being, even the most passionately loved and passionately loving, is ever in our possession.
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There were episodes where I would wear seven or eight outfits. It took a lot of time to get those together. What the character wears is very essential to how I create the character.
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Remember that it's okay to get help, and it doesn't make you weak.
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The great thing about serving the poor is that there is no competition.
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The press doesn't stop publishing, by the way, in a fascist escalation; it simply watches what it says. That too can be an incremental process, and the pace at which the free press polices itself depends on how journalists are targeted.
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We support an open Internet and having rules - the right kind of rules that are legally enforceable and allow for investment and innovation.
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Detroit is a metaphor for America, for America's challenges and America's opportunities. It is a hothouse for new innovation, for ingenuity and risk taking. That doesn't happen in a lot of American cities. We need to be in Detroit because of that.
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I read 'Whiplash,' and I wanted to do it.
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Because the process of innovation often relies heavily on the combining and recombining of previous innovations, the broader and deeper the pool of accessible ideas and individuals, the more opportunities there are for innovation.
