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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You know, I'm an African-American quarterback. That may scare a lot of people because they – they haven't seen nothing that they can compare me to.
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All performances are different. I don't think it's necessary to compare one with another. I am just me playing the role of Lear. You're bound to get a Holm approach to it, whatever that may be. I just got out there and did it. I'm very much a doer in my acting.
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Even with my wife, I find sharing soup is hard.
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One of the things I love about acting is that I can enter into these other people's lives. But going back to being me at the end of the day is very important, too. That process of remembering who I am.
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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 came of age as a male lead actor just as the TV landscape dramatically shifted.
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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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Even now, there are young actors who want careers as romantic leading men, and the best thing is not to reveal you're gay.
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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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Ideals are like the stars: we never reach them, but like the mariners of the sea, we chart our course by them.
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And one would worship a woman whom all perfections dower, But the other smiles at transparent wiles; and he quotes from Schopenhauer. Thus two by two we wrangle and blunder about the earth, And that body we share we may not spare; but the Gods have need of mirth.
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My message isn't perfectly defined. I have, as a human being, fallen to peer pressure.
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It's upsetting to be a man in our society.
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The key is to somehow find a way of tackling rent-seeking, crony capitalism, and corruption - legal and illegal - and build fairer, more equal society without compromising innovation or entrepreneurship.
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My goal was always to be recognized as a good actor but no one was interested in that, simply because society just wants to warm towards your appearance. This is the great blemish of society.
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Cooperation is just as important and just as prevalent in human society as competition.
