Nguyen Quyen Quotes
Successful innovation is not a single breakthrough. It is not a sprint. It is not an event for the solo runner. Successful innovation is a team sport, it's a relay race.
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I throw ideas out into the open when I really should just be writing them down in a journal.
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My dad was pretty strict. We didn't even get to watch any of his movies until I was, like, 17 years old. I didn't even see his stand-up, really, until I started doing stand-up, and that was when I was 22. So he's pretty strict. We had curfews until I was 17... he didn't play around.
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People to whom nothing has ever happened cannot understand the unimportance of events.
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I hope I'm wrong, but I am afraid that Iraq is going to turn out to be the greatest disaster in American foreign policy - worse than Vietnam, not in the number who died, but in terms of its unintended consequences and its reverberation throughout the region.
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When you're in a band, it's like everyone's the CEO, and anyone could destroy it at any moment.
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I don't believe we have defined health care reform very well in this country.
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My journey has been that of a character actor.
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Jennifer Lawrence is just the coolest girl.
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I speak my mind. That's what we loved Tupac for.
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Obviously Hall & Oates wasn't overlooked by the masses in terms of the record sales.
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I don't go to New York. I don't go to parties. I just do my business and study nature. My career is 28 years in an obscure art school, with limited staff and no perks. All I am is a teacher.
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It was hard to write or compose... we just had to go back and finish making songs. If we make 20 songs, we'll throw away 10.
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Most people want security in this world, not liberty.
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I have made an art form of the interview. The French are the best interviewers, despite their addiction to the triad, like all Cartesians.
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A big part of my life is music education because it changed my life - but arts, academics and athletics should all be equally treated in the school.
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I like the classic look. Keep it simple. There's only so much you can wear.
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A story is a story is a story. The only difference is in the techniques you bring to bear. There are always limitations on what you can and can't do. But I enjoy that. Just like when you write a sonnet or haiku, there are rules you have to abide by. And to me, playing within the rules is the fun part. It keeps the brain fresh.
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Ricky Martin is one of my idols in the industry.
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I have seen entrepreneurs ask for hundreds of millions of dollars on a concept and try to sell because of 'their passion' for an idea. If the idea is that good, why wouldn't I cut you out and hire someone who is just as passionate for much, much less?
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I think I'm always trying to subvert conventions, and sometimes it's more successful than others.
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I'm a computer scientist by training. I'm also the author of three books, all of which endorse the use of biotechnology to improve the human condition. In the most recent of these, 'The Infinite Resource,' I talk about the power of innovation to save the world.
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Innovation comes out of great human ingenuity and very personal passions.
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If you want to be different nowadays, just act normal.
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Successful innovation is not a single breakthrough. It is not a sprint. It is not an event for the solo runner. Successful innovation is a team sport, it's a relay race.
