Alex Pentland Quotes
Copying other people’s successes, when combined with individual learning, is dramatically better than individual learning alone.
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In terms of my involvement in 'don't ask, don't tell' and marriage equality and anti-bullying and social emotional learning in schools - these are all things that arise out of my relationship with the world and with my fans.
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For success of any mission, it is necessary to have creative leadership. Creative leadership is vital for government, non-governmental organisations as well as for industries.
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I don't talk about success. I don't know what it is. Wait until I'm dead.
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The record business is dangerous to the health of bands and individuals, which is something I'm just now learning. But it's not dangerous in any of the ways people think; it's not that they try to make you compromise your art. That's not the problem.
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To have the kind of success I have had is really amazing, and I am incredibly grateful.
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I believe life is an 'experience ball.' You throw it at someone, it picks up their response... it grows. You play with that ball, learning what it teaches you.
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Generally, I like making my own mistakes and learning from them because that's what I think life is about.
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Learning from the experiences of our ancestors, let us together create knowledge for all that benefits all.
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Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.
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Success didn't spoil me, I've always been insufferable.
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When 'The Shadow of the Wind' became a success I had already been a working writer, I'd been through the ups and downs, I'd seen how it worked.
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Sudden success in golf is like the sudden acquisition of wealth. It is apt to unsettle and deteriorate the character.
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Being best is a false goal, you have to measure success on your own terms.
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Democrats believe in reigniting the American dream by removing barriers to success and building ladders of opportunity for all, so everyone can succeed.
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We owe our success to them, and also to the fact that, as the saying goes, two 'Eds' are better than one.
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Willpower is the key to success. Successful people strive no matter what they feel by applying their will to overcome apathy, doubt or fear.
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But TV has changed completely. It's not until you come into people's homes that everyone says, 'You're a success now.'
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The more important argument against grade curves is that they create an atmosphere that's toxic by pitting students against one another. At best, it creates a hypercompetitive culture, and at worst, it sends students the message that the world is a zero-sum game: Your success means my failure.
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Tell us again, for we forget, that work done without love is stillborn, mindless, and lost in the very hour of its deliverance.
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The problem is that I am in the wrong century to burn things. I am the wrong generation to let it go.
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When you have kids, you instantly feel that you do not want to do them wrong. Those dads that go off to Florida and start a new life, I couldn't imagine that: seeing my kid once every Christmas, every three years. If I'm gone for six days it feels like too much.
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When I look back, I can say that the summer when I was 19 was a formative time for me. But at the time I just thought I was making tofu every night for dinner and going to work.
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Copying other people’s successes, when combined with individual learning, is dramatically better than individual learning alone.
