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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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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My definition of country music is really pretty simple. It's when someone sings about their life and what they know, from an authentic place.
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Only free men can negotiate. A prisoner cannot enter into contracts.
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I got in trouble with the police, and that was a rude awakening. That was it. I'd seen the bottom of the pit, and it was time to scrape myself out of it.
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I really love advertising art of the '50s and the way mid-century design was often represented in jazzy, fast art.
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When you have a situation where you're hanging out with 20 or 30 other artists, then there's insane amounts of creativity in the room.
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If I do my very best, then the camera and the audience will follow me, and eventually they will somehow feel like I feel. I don't have to show it to them. I don't have to speak it out loud.
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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.
