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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About 10,000 people a day go on first dates from Match... We're trying to celebrate that, bring those success stories to the forefront and make it even easier in our product to meet up at Starbucks.
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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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Without an open-minded mind, you can never be a great success.
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In all of history, we have found just one cure for error-a partial antidote against making and repeating grand, foolish mistakes, a remedy against self-deception. That antidote is criticism.
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If you're only making an album every 10 years, it better be good.
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Nobody wants to sell their child, but what they wind up doing is selling their child to be able to support their family.
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I was a short order cook in a pool hall in college. So I am the fastest cook in the world.
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Copying other people’s successes, when combined with individual learning, is dramatically better than individual learning alone.
