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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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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Coffee shops are everywhere, especially in Los Angeles, chock full of sad sacks desperate to make sure their screenplays make it into the right hands... or any hands, for that matter. The one thing that makes a coffee shop truly great, though, is charm.
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The first person I ever really got starstruck over was Nicole Kidman, because I looked up to her. When I was younger, I wouldn't get parts because of how tall I was. I had the body of a 15-year-old but the face of a 12-year-old. I always looked at Nicole Kidman and thought, 'Oh well, she works.'
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Despite the litany of the sorrows of the city, we must believe in the ability of man to respond to the problems of his environment.
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Many times, a child's struggle against hunger begins before he or she is born because the mother is undernourished. Making sure prenatal care and proper nutrition are available for expectant mothers in need is a critical part of ending childhood hunger.
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In some ways, with the security challenges this country has faced, we have had to put in rules and regulations for business to be able to sustain their growth and create jobs.
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The only way to generate sustained exponential growth is to make whatever you're making sufficiently good.
