Alex Pentland Quotes
Cooperation is just as important and just as prevalent in human society as competition.
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Honestly speaking, I don't like my films. When I watch them, I see a lot of scope for improvement, so if I were to see any of my films, like 'Dhoom,' I might say... 'It would have been better if...' or 'had it been...' and this is all about evolving.
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You can be anything. You could be the President of the United States or the inventor of the next Internet or a ninja cardio-thoracic surgeon poet, which would be awesome because you would be the first one.
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Even with my wife, I find sharing soup is hard.
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It was a pleasure to meet President Obama and Michelle. I'm not a political person, but I admire what he has done.
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I never thought I'd live this long. It sounds funny because I still think of myself as a kid.
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I'm a great bum, and I'm a pretty good director.
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There are no quick fixes to Indigenous poverty and social disaster.
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Who buys French cars? Not me.
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All you needed back then was a blow dryer and a dream.
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At 39, I was back in a Red Wings uniform and loving it.
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I think life is always dangerous. Some people get afraid of it. Some people don't go forward. But some people, if they want to achieve their goal, they have to go. They have to move... We have seen the barbaric situation of the 21st century in Swat. So why should I be afraid now?
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If you want to go to the mall, you have to take security. But it's always cool. The kids are amazing.
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I'm a gun owner.
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I'm trying to shut up and let my angels speak to me and tell me what I'm supposed to do.
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I am against boycotts in general: boycotts against us as well as anything and everything that can be boycotted.
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My dear fellow, the truth isn't quite the sort of thing one tells to a nice, sweet, refined girl.
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A person who is transformed by the instructions of a teacher, devotes himself to study, and abides by ritual and rightness may become a noble person, while one who follows his nature and emotions, is content to give free play to his passions, and abandons ritual and rightness is a lesser person.
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I feel it's OK if not everybody agrees with me or likes me. The weird thing was it turned into people thinking I said we deserved it. I didn't say that - but Americans do need to look at their behavior in the world. It's easy to say, 'That was awful,' and hard to ask, 'Is there a way I can amend?'
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You can't read when you're traveling with other people; it always feels a bit rude.
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I liked to write from the time I was about 12 or 13. I loved to read. And since I only spoke to my brother, I would write down my thoughts. And I think I wrote some of the worst poetry west of the Rockies. But by the time I was in my 20s, I found myself writing little essays and more poetry - writing at writing.
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For me, my home is a peaceful place where I can rest, and it gives me back energy.
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Why do two colors, put one next to the other, sing? Can one really explain this? no. Just as one can never learn how to paint.
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When you understand your obligations to God then you can understand your obligations to society.
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Cooperation is just as important and just as prevalent in human society as competition.
