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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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'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 don't know, I like to go on really different types of dates. Going someplace new or some new part of the city, something that's not your average thing. Something where you just go have an adventure together.
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There is no one, who possesses intelligence and uses reflection, who does not understand that it is one Being who both created all things and governs them with the same energy by which He created them.
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I feel like a good director provokes you to ask questions about your character, but doesn't answer them for you.
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I would say if you do have ambitions, don't just wait around. Go out and make yourself as well-qualified as possible so you can take that rare opportunity when it comes along.
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'The New York Times' thing... I think any actor would be thrilled to be profiled in that paper.
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We grew up with every type of band from Primus to Mr. Bungle to Elton John to pop music to metal, and we try to throw it all in a blender. And whatever comes out of that is more Avenged Sevenfold than metal or metalcore.
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I grew up with a lot of brothers and I don't have any sisters, so for me it's really important to develop my sisterhood. It's something I've always coveted.
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The only way to generate sustained exponential growth is to make whatever you're making sufficiently good.
