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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Doctrine tied itself into infinite knots over the realities of sex.
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I am convinced that when the history of international law comes to be written centuries hence, it will be divided into two periods: the first being from the earliest times to the end of the nineteenth century, and the second beginning with the Hague Conference.
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If you had a large vase with a big crack down the middle of it, a Japanese art museum would put the vase on a pedestal and shine a spotlight on the crack!
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If my cuisine were to be defined by just one taste, it would be that of subtle, aromatic, extra-virgin olive oil.
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On the Day of Judgment, the servant of Allah will be given his book of deeds, where he finds rewards for things he did not do, so he asks: O My Lord, where did I get these deeds? So Allah replies to him saying: These are because of the people who backbited you and you did not know about it.
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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.
