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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They don't teach you just how to be in school. There's no class on that. There’s no multiple choice test for Why Do I Feel This Way?
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Sure we girls can wear pants now, and vote, and go to college, have a bank account, get a job that is not just stewardess or nurse. But we still have to deal with micro-aggressions and daily sexism. We are still fighting for word over our own bodies. We still get the short shrift on equal pay. We're still not represented in media or the arts with total parity. Not on screen or on the page or behind the scenes. It's still not easy. There is still this constant low-grade fight to be seen and taken seriously when you are a girl and when you become a woman. It totally sucks.
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I have got a few misters interested but nobody special these days.
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I write a good amount. I've been gathering up a backlog of stuff and maybe I'll do something with it someday, but I don't want to talk about it just yet because that would jinx 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.
