Sam Altman Quotes
The only way to generate sustained exponential growth is to make whatever you're making sufficiently good.
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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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It's important for American soldiers to be culturally sensitive when deployed in foreign countries. But it's just as important for the U.S. never to renounce the most fundamental American values, which, after all, are also universal values.
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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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The Huron and Iroquois forests are peopled by my friends; with me, the despots of Europe and their courts are the savages.
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There's just kind of a sweetness about Canadians. Americans are a little more pushy, I mean, in a way that I enjoy - they're basically pushy because of their enthusiasm - we're a lot clumsier than other people.
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I implore you to see the universe as a warm and supportive one because you'll look for evidence to support this view. When you anticipate that the universe is friendly, you see friendly people. You look for circumstances to work in your favor. You anticipate good fortune flowing into your life.
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'Regression testing'? What's that? If it compiles, it is good; if it boots up, it is perfect.
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Distance is a bad excuse for not having a good relationship with somebody. It's the determination to keep it going or let it fall by the wayside; that's the real reason that the relationships continue.
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The only way to generate sustained exponential growth is to make whatever you're making sufficiently good.
