Alex Steffen Quotes
We have to develop a model of prosperity that 4.5 billion more people can share and we don't know how to do it.
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There will be many types of assets codified into the blockchain, and they are all not just going to be on the bitcoin blockchain - it's going to be a number of different assets here. And the best way to invest in that is a diversified portfolio.
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Good comedy is ageless.
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You see, O Greeks! The enemy already acknowledge the country to be ours; for when they made peace with us, they stipulated that we should not burn the country belonging to the king, and now they set fire to it themselves, as if they looked upon it no longer as their own.
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Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that child's world and thus a world event.
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I debated free trade in college. I came out as a free trader. I'm a free markets guy. I'm an Adam Smith guy.
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Just being the seeker, somebody whose open to spiritual enlightenment, is in itself the important thing and it's the reward for being a seeker in this world.
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I grew up watching 'Raging Bull.'
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Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past.
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There is a certain amount of dissatisfaction that goes with knowing your time, talent and abilities are not being properly used.
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Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to problem solve in an uncertain environment.
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We grew up as kids watching those movies and we were exposed to themes of civil rights, unfairness, bigotry and fathers struggling against the kind of mob of the town, so you remember how you felt as a kid being taken seriously, that you are part of the human drama.
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Opera was the cinema of its time, so to bring back that popular appeal, you just need to unleash its visceral immediacy and excitement. Most productions don't manage that - but when an opera does do it, you never forget it.
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A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets.
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If I don't eat something after I work out, I get shaky and cranky - not a good combination when you're a television host.
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Yeah, I like to have fun - I think that's a good way to live. I think you're better at your job if you like it.
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We all love to be admired and given compliments, but I don't really keep track.
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In the '70s, my playing was completely untutored, but it sounded good to me, and I tried to find ways to make those very simple things work in more ambitious contexts.
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My agenda is not to reassure anybody outside Lebanon.
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You are only as good as the people you dress.
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Books are mind reading devices; they allow us free access to the thoughts and dreams of people we have never met.
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There is no cure for prions. They are a protein-based disease that, among other things, targets and transforms your brain. The symptoms reveal themselves differently in each host, and you might go months or you might go years before you realize you're infected.
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The children don't wear their masks at home and in controlled surroundings.
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Ms. Doman had this whole thing about how we have to tell stories about whatever happens to us, and then we can use those stories to decide whether out lives are happy or not, whether events have redeeming aspects or are totally hopeless, that it's really all about how we choose to shape and name things.
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We have to develop a model of prosperity that 4.5 billion more people can share and we don't know how to do it.
