Luis von Ahn Quotes
I put a lot of weight on feelings and am weirdly in touch with them, which is not typical for an engineer.
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I like to connect with people and suss them out. There's no better way than seeing how they react if you just bear into them.
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Throughout history, self-styled arbiters have taken it upon themselves to decide the question of what can or cannot be the legitimate purview of art.
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Because I was a diminutive, arty kid, I felt like a misfit in high school - but who doesn't?
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I think the sidekick makes the number one look good.
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There's no smarter politician out there than Bill Clinton.
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Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working.
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Agatha Christie holds special personal memories for me because my mum, a television producer called Pat Sandys, had been the first person to persaude the Agatha Christie estate to put one of her stories on T.V.
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School boards can be a steppingstone to higher forms of political leadership.
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On the ground, Pakistan is the most virulently anti-American state on the planet.
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I am always late because people stop me for autographs and say hi.
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Think on your toes, use what's around you, and come up with something organic and fun.
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Literature is an avenue to glory, ever open for those ingenious men who are deprived of honours or of wealth.
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The United States Supreme Court has repeatedly held that marriage is one of the most fundamental rights that we have as Americans under our Constitution.
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Making films. It gave me a voice. Legitimately saved me.
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I actually hate shopping.
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I was raised on a ranch in Wyoming, and I've been riding horses most of my life.
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We never had a huge squad and we never had a great deal of choice. But in many ways that helps because you've got to make do with what you've got. You don't have too many problems about picking the team you just hope that everyone turns up on the day.
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People who know me know that there's a light-hearted side, humour... But you could easily say I am cheeky.
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The hole in my heart, I can’t even begin to describe. It’s hard when you open your heart and let someone in and then suddenly they’re not in it anymore. It doesn’t matter whose fault it is; that empty spot stings so bad that you want to find any kind of relief, or wrap yourself up so tight you can’t feel it anymore. I knew it might be there a little while. Or maybe even a long while. For both of us.
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I'm incredibly tenacious, but I also try so hard in my work to really listen to people and address their point of view. In the end, I always remember who I'm an advocate for.
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I'm afraid I don't have a very pragmatic or unromantic view of props. I don't imbue them with any great sense of mystery or anything.
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I mean look at all these acquisitions and mergers - WhatsApp and Oculus and et cetera. There's no way that you can envision these tech companies as the underdog anymore. They're always presented as though they were these little guys who you should be championing - Facebook will overthrow the cable television complex, blah blah - but it's more likely they will merge with them.
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I put a lot of weight on feelings and am weirdly in touch with them, which is not typical for an engineer.
