Sam Altman Quotes
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I don't care what the critics say or think because I care for and love my fans.
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My parents separated when I was very small. I grew up with my mother, and I was a single child then. She was very independent, doing her things and having fun alone and working.
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My parents never understood why I didn't want to be a doctor or lawyer. They're Cuban immigrants who wanted to give their children the American dream, and, to them, that was more of what 'the dream' entailed.
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I think people come and go, 'I'm going to find the real Gary. What is it... the real Gary? I've got to find it.' But the thing is, it's pretty much what you see is what you get. I'm just like this. There's no hidden viciousness.
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I just can't get used to the idea of being somebody unreal in people's minds. I can't live my life like that. And it's just anathema to being a writer. It's not healthy.
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We confuse activity with progress, and that's always dangerous, especially in war.
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Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.
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I come from an area where it's mostly, like, football and basketball, those are the sports. So my brother started surfing... I used to make fun of him for it, and then he challenged me to do it, and I'm a huge competitor, and I did it ,and I got hooked.
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I realised there were no good role models for kids. Popeye eats spinach, but also smokes and hits people.
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Opera is the most complete art form. It includes drama, acting, technology (lighting), art (the sets), dance, and the epitome of the human voices. But mostly, go for the glorious music. The arts are crucial to the life of every community.
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A service of worship is primarily a service to God. When we realize this and act upon it, we make it a service to men.
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Bowie is a musician, but he works like a painter. Thom always thought that we should aspire to that.
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It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.
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'The Omen,' 'The Exorcist,' those movies for me are the quintessential horror movies that still scare me as an adult.
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I figure this current era of history is the one with the best chance of quality of life for a black, female, disabled, middle-aged, queer person who's most comfortable not fitting in. The odds still aren't great, mind you. But I'll take my chances with the 21st century.
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To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true!
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In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery.
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Our forefathers made one mistake. What they should have fought for was representation without taxation.
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History is laden with belligerent leaders using humanitarian rhetoric to mask geopolitical aims. History also shows how often ill-informed moralism has led to foreign entanglements that do more harm than good.
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A lot of my writer friends - some of whom are brilliant - work when the Muse calls them, for lack of a better description. You know, days of nothing, then this creative burst where they write for 36 hours straight fueled by caffeine and idealism.
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I have this kind of mild nice-guy exterior, but inside my heart is like a steel trap.
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The climate is much different for men. That stigma is only going to be broken when people come out and see that there is a positive response. That doesn't mean there will be no negative response, but if people can have the courage to be one of the first, which is very hard, those barriers can be broken down very quickly.
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Misfortune is the best fortune. Rejection by all is victory.
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Startups on the inside are always badly broken.
