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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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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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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Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.
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It is a very great mistake to imagine that the object of loyalty is the authority and interest of one individual man, however dignified by the applause or enriched by the success of popular actions.
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Success as a result of industry is a peasant ideal.
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What's impressed me about 'Star Trek' fans is how many generations they span and how many nations they represent. They are all over the place.
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In my experience, the best way to deal with such people is to politely agree with everything they say, then ignore them.
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My mom worked as a housekeeper, and I saw her relationship with her employers - how on the one hand she spent more time with these women than with a lot of her friends, and how in certain ways they were friends. But then they weren't.
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For horror movies, color is reassuring because, at least in older films, it adds to the fakey-ness.
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Copying other people’s successes, when combined with individual learning, is dramatically better than individual learning alone.
