Potential Quotes
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If there is one lesson for U.S. foreign policy from the past 10 years, it is surely that military intervention can seem simple but is in fact a complex affair with the potential for unintended consequences.
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In the urgent aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001, with more attacks thought to be imminent, analysts wanted to use 'contact chaining' techniques to build what the NSA describes as network graphs of people who represented potential threats.
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In 2007, there weren't any other accelerators, at least that I was aware of. We were almost the prototypical Y Combinator founders: We were highly technical but had never done a startup before. We also didn't know anyone in the Valley - investors, other entrepreneurs, potential hires. YC seemed like a great way to bootstrap that network.
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I'm very grateful to have had many brilliant students and post-docs who have worked with me. Potential is often hard to spot, but a key factor is whether they express a genuine interest in the problem and how they have thought about it.
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There is nothing like a doorbell to precipitate the potential into the kinetic.
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Those who are seeking ways to tap into the potential of e-mail will find themselves in a position to capitalize on the pending explosion in Internet usage.
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Genius is a potential that lives within you and every other human being. You have many moments of genius in your lifetime. These are the times when you have a uniquely brilliant idea and implement it even if only you are aware of how fantastic it is.
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I didn't know exactly what I wanted to do in school, but I definitely didn't have adequate time to reach my full potential as a student.
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I have a responsibility as a potential role model that I take very seriously.
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People are yearning to be asked to use the full measure of their potential for something they care about.
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I want us all to fulfill our greatest potential. To find our calling, and summon the courage to live it.
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The power of the Plus Factor is potential but it is not self-activating. It is latent in human beings and will remain latent until it is activated.
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Almost all people have this potential for evil, which would be unleashed only under certain dangerous social circumstances.
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West Nile is here and is currently a potential threat ... There's no ongoing malaria transmission in the U.S. that we know of.
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The individual leads in order that those who are led can develop their potential as human beings and thereby prosper.
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Being a superstar means you've reached your potential, and I don't think I've reached my potential as a basketball player and as a leader yet.
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Put God to work for you and maximize your potential in our divinely ordered capitalist system.
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You have to set goals that are almost out of reach. If you set a goal that is attainable without much work or thought, you are stuck with something below your true talent and potential.
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There are always potential side effects for every vaccine.
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This job has probably got the most screwing-up potential in the world.
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I'm sure these two years have given him some time to reflect and think differently. But at the same time, I know we'll get into some intense situations on the court. And if we're not playing up to our potential, we're going to see the old Riles.
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A large animal needs a large area. If you protect that area, you're also protecting thousands of other plants and animals. You're saving all these species that future generations will want - you're saving the world for your children and your children's children. . . . The destruction of species is final. If you lose a species, you lose the genes, you lose all the potential drugs and potential foods that could be useful to the next generations. The ecosystems will not function as they have.
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Being a leader means being able to help others discover and then live out their by inspiring them to seek it every day.
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I think just in general there's a bunch of films that mattered to me that didn't reach their potential, and on some level you have to assume responsibility for that. And I think over the years that gets difficult.
