Luis von Ahn Quotes

I have multiple ideas per day, all the time. The vast majority of these are completely idiotic. Usually, I just sit on the idea for several months. And if I have not decided that it's idiotic, then it's... might be a good idea.

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• I'm not going to roll back anything. Nothing is going to change with respect to reproductive rights.

  

  Larry Hogan
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• In seventh and eighth grade, grammar and vocabulary were not my favorite subjects.

  

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• I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.

  

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• Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they'll be there for you.

  

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• To me, country music has always been the home for a great song.

  

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• If our country is serious about reducing our dependency on foreign oil, we need to get serious about mobilizing the infrastructure necessary to distribute and dispense the next generation of fuels.

  

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• How extraordinary it is that one feels most guilt about the sins one is unable to commit.

  

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• I find it slightly absurd that the only thing we consume more of than water is concrete.

  

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• Yeah, I lost court cases and misdemeanor juries, but of felony jury trials I was successful 105 of 106 times.

  

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• I'm just going out there and doing exactly what I'm coached and doing exactly what I'm supposed to do and just trying to help this team win.

  

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• Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.

  

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• I have multiple ideas per day, all the time. The vast majority of these are completely idiotic. Usually, I just sit on the idea for several months. And if I have not decided that it's idiotic, then it's... might be a good idea.

  

  Luis von Ahn
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