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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Everyone knows nowadays that people 'have complexes'. What is not so well known, though far more important theoretically, is that complexes can have us.
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That professionalism comes from what I've watched people do on the set. I'm just trying to be as respectful to the environment, as they have been. I think I still act like a kid. I just try to be as professional as I can.
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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 think everyone should take an acting class. It's like therapy because you get to learn a lot about yourself if it's the right teacher. You're putting yourself up there in front of people, and it takes a lot of the intimidation of everyday away.
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Smith had no illusion that this would be easy to do, nor did he suffer from the delusion that such an exercise would, in any sense, be perfect. But he did have the conviction that the exercise could still be very useful, and the best should not be made into an enemy of the good.
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We have ourselves begun to put our house in order by banning some experiments that may contain a risk for mankind. We would like to see society take a similar attitude, abandoning selfish practices that are dangerous for society itself.
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Cooperation is just as important and just as prevalent in human society as competition.
