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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All I can say is, it's not very easy for a woman to be associated with The Beatles.
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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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I do have fun writing, and a long time ago, I told myself, 'You got to have fun at this, or it'll drive you nuts.'
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When you're in finance, you see the company deeply - where it's running well and where there's issues you've got to solve.
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Ultimately, we measure ourselves on the success of our investments.
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People in Third World countries think and laugh and smile, just like us. We have got to understand that we are them they are us.
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I was actually discovered while at a showroom appointment and was immediately sent over to an agency in L.A. I was about 15 years old at that time.
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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.
