Sam Altman Quotes
The only way to generate sustained exponential growth is to make whatever you're making sufficiently good.
Quotes to Explore
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.
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For those who love, nothing is too difficult, especially when it is done for the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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I try to talk about policy issues intelligently, I try very hard to avoid thought bubbles. I make sure my speeches are well researched and footnoted. I make sure I am not talking through my hat.
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When you are studying jazz, the best thing to do is listen to records or listen to live music. It isn't as though you go to a teacher. You just listen as much as you can and absorb everything.
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I'm not going to lie; the most fun of writing these books is just saying, 'Where am I going to write about? Let me go there!'
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There are no opportune times for a penalty, and this is not one of those times.
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I'm curvy.
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In writing a series of stories about the same characters, plan the whole series in advance in some detail, to avoid contradictions and inconsistencies.
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Over my career, I've had to do a lot of shows that involve stunts, and I so enjoy stunts.
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You don't need a machine to make pasta: a rolling pin and a fast hand can create a smooth, if thick, sheet.
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My journey has been that of a character actor.
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My mother is massively into sailing, so we always had Musto clothes, and it went on from there, really. I wouldn't say it's a career in fashion. The range is all day-to-day stuff that I'd put on and use myself.
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I'm fortunate to be famous for two rather imposing characters like Magneto and Gandalf.
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I've never been to New Zealand before. But one of my role models, Xena, the warrior princess, comes from there.
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'Life as a Dog' is when I really started to feel comfortable, like I had the due north on my compass.
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I prefer to make movies which not only have a message for 'then' but a message for 'now.'
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I walk around every day with a radio playing constantly in my head, and this radio station plays a lot of hits. But it's all my songs, so that's something to be excited about 24 hours a day.
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I have won many awards and I am very happy about this, but I am not the best player in the world.
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Actually, I love trying to figure out why certain books become hits while others, which may be just as good, have trouble finding an audience.
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Do not spend in excess like one who is careless of what is good, nor be miserly; the mean is best in every case.
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The only way to generate sustained exponential growth is to make whatever you're making sufficiently good.
