Luis von Ahn Quotes
The basic idea of Games With a Purpose is that we are taking a problem that computers cannot yet solve, and we are getting people to solve it for us while they are playing a game.
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I talk every day about doing the right thing.
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The only thing worse than an active conscience is one that's retroactive.
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I would love it if people could look at chubby folks with all of our curves, bumps and ridges and just say 'She's beautiful' just like that. You don't have to get on a treadmill as long as your blood pressure is under control and you eat healthy, God bless.
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What you want to do is you want to own as little sort of hard infrastructure as possible, and your real value is your name and how you build that up.
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I never wear matching socks. It's kind of a thing that I have!
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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If you're not a parent, if you're an aunt or uncle or neighbor, books are an amazing gift.
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Smart people are a dime a dozen. What matters is the ability to think different... to think out of the box.
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Many people think fairy tales and retellings of fairy tales are only for children, but I'm not the only writer to take an old tale and retell it for a sophisticated adult audience.
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Generally my songs are just some riffs slung together as an excuse for a guitar solo.
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Even if I'm making music for people for $20 a night, at least I'm making music.
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Russia can be quite a dangerous place sometimes, but I never think about it.
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When I found this opportunity to answer the ad, I got the job and I've been there ever since.
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Dread lord and cousin, may the almighty preserve your reverence and lordship in long life and good fortune.
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I've been incredibly lucky. I've worked in two iconic shows, 'Carry On' and 'EastEnders.' If it all ended tomorrow - and it could - I'd just be terribly grateful. I've been fortunate enough to do what I love and get paid for it.
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I think part of my reputation has to do with the difficult roles I've played. Actors do tend to get identified with their characters.
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When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.
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Loss of hope rather than loss of life is what decides the issues of war. But helplessness induces hopelessness.
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Better a thousandfold abuse of free speech than denial of free speech.
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Directing has completely changed the way I write and watch films.
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When I came to England, everybody was indoors all the time, and nobody said hello to each other. That was weird.
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My parents were both Democrats and I grew up as a Democrat. Basically I was told that the Democrats were the party that cared about people. I liked people and I cared about them, so I was a Democrat.
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The rules of engagement are so lax that soldiers are shooting and killing Iraqis under mere suspicion, and tragedies are everyday. There are road killings, killings on the road when someone is trying to pass a convoy and they get shot. Or if a roadside bomb goes off, the soldiers just start shooting in all directions.
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The basic idea of Games With a Purpose is that we are taking a problem that computers cannot yet solve, and we are getting people to solve it for us while they are playing a game.
