Alex Pentland Quotes
When people are working together doing the same thing in synchrony with others—e.g., rowing together, dancing together—our bodies release endorphins.
Quotes to Explore
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You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind on, but what you can't keep your mind off.
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My first name, with the rare two-r spelling, came from a sportswriter named Garry Schumacher. My parents didn't know him personally, but my mother liked the spelling.
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I thought it was quite vain to say, I want to be a model.
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Well, put it like this, if you're not a kid, you're a wizard.
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To be a writer you have to be out in the world, you have to risk yourself in the world, you have to be immersed in the world, you have to go out looking for it. This becomes harder as you get older because there's less energy, the days are shorter for older people and it's not so easy to go out and immerse oneself in the world outside.
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Poor people have more fun than rich people, they say; and I notice it's the rich people who keep saying it.
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I've gotten to learn what's important in life and what's not important, and what to spend energy on and what not to. I don't have a family like some of my teammates, but I have a lot of things pulling at me that I have to put my energy into.
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I've had so many injuries in my life that it's ridiculous.
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The movies were custard compared to politics.
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I think fearless is having fears but jumping anyway.
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When I'm writing, I separate from everyone. Even my band. I push myself, and I'm alone with my thoughts. Separating from friends and comforts and family lets you think a lot deeper about subject matter. Working alone drives me a little crazy, but it makes the writing as honest as possible.
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After Land I wanted to continue exploring the theme but I needed a new challenge so turned to colour. I explored Bradford and produced a series of urban landscapes that I liked, but because Land had made such an impact on the general public my colour work wasn't reviewed.
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The hijab has nothing to do with moral values. A woman's moral values are reflected in her eyes, in the way she talks, and in the way she walks. They put on a hijab and go dancing, wearing high heels and lipstick. They wear tight jeans that show their bellies.
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Lovely in death the beauteous ruin lay;And if in death still lovely, lovelier there;Far lovelier! pity swells the tide of love.
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No disrespect to Sweden: I didn't think of them as the comedy universe.
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It's not in my nature to be too literal.
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I have very good executives and great children. They're very good.
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I feel far more connected to the whole band if I can somehow physically respond... with my body.
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I was born in Paris, and I haven't moved, except until now - I live in the suburbs and I hate it.
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I see creative-writing classes as some sort of AA meeting. It is more of a support group for people who write than an actual course in which you learn writing skills. This support group is extremely important because there is something very lonely about writing.
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Most of the cast and crew on 'Mama's Family' have been together since the 'Carol Burnett' days, so we work really well together. It's like I'm being paid to pretend I'm in show business.
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It is generally supposed that complete pleasure of this kind, permeating one's very flesh and bones, unfits the student for scientific pursuits in which cool judgment and observation are required. But the effect is just the opposite. Instead of producing a dissipated condition, the mind is fertilized and stimulated and developed like sun-fed plants.
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When people are working together doing the same thing in synchrony with others—e.g., rowing together, dancing together—our bodies release endorphins.
