Sam Altman Quotes
One of the things we urge Y-Combinator companies to do is to have profitability in grasp. If you need to get profitable before your A round of money, you ought to be able to do that.
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I seriously object to seeing on the screen what belongs in the bedroom.
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After 2014, we will support a unified Afghanistan as it takes responsibility for its own future.
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There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.
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The thing I love about vampires that I find so fascinating is that, unlike other sci-fi creations, they aren't monsters from the get-go, they're human beings first... and so what kind of human you are would dictate what kind of vampire you would be.
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I've done a lot of practical anthropology, living in villages with people and realizing how difficult it is to get out of poverty. When in poverty, people use their skill to avoid hunger. They can't use it for progress.
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I did Our Daily Bread for King and that made me popular in the Soviet Union; King was amused by that.
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I have received nasty e-mails, messages on Twitter and ridiculous comments, not only about my size, but my family.
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I actually think the same things do make most people happy. The differences are extremely small, and around the margins. You like peach ice cream; I like strawberry ice cream. Both of us like ice cream much better than a smack on the head with two-by-four.
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I thought Obama ran the best campaign I have ever known - disciplined, well organised, very, very good. I was very impressed.
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In your darkest moments of despair, a friend's hand on yours will get you through the worst.
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Nocebos often cause a physical effect, but it's not a physically produced effect. What's the cause? In many cases, it's an unanswered question.
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High school dropouts are forfeiting their opportunity to pursue the American Dream.
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The '90s are really the 'Sex and the City' woman, and I think, right now, the new contemporary woman is the 'Lipstick Jungle' woman.
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Memo to White House: Calling voters stupid is not a winning strategy.
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The reason I don't tweet as much as I used to, is because I'm sick of all the useless opinions and hate that I get daily. Goodbye Twitter.
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You must never throw away things that are worth good money.
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The aging process is totally minimizing. Life in general is pretty minimizing because you have a lot of big ideas, and you have to battle the mistaken delusions and instability that come with youth.
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Often, as a young actress, you find yourself being the only girl in a room full of men... and one of the reasons why I like 'Grey's Anatomy' is because they have such strong female characters and the women really drive this show.
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Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.
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What force is more potent than love?
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Before passing different laws for different people, I'd relinquish myself unto you as your slave.
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It's difficult when your family are not physically around you.
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I don't make deals for the money. I've got enough, much more than I'll ever need. I do it to do it.
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One of the things we urge Y-Combinator companies to do is to have profitability in grasp. If you need to get profitable before your A round of money, you ought to be able to do that.
