"To be compared to Jackie Robinson is an enormous compliment, but I don't think it's necessarily deserved."

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Sidney Poitier

#Thinking Quotes #Compliment Quotes #Enormous Quotes

“Pattern recognition and association make up the core of our thought. These activities involve millions of operations carried out in parallel, outside the field of our consciousness. If AI appeared to hit a brick wall after a few quick victories, it did so owing to its inability to emulate these processes.”
“It's all right leaping about the stage when you're 20 but when you get to 25 it gets a bit embarrassing”
“Go out and do something for somebody. Go out and give something to somebody. It will take you away from yourself and make you happy.”
“Progress changes consciousness, and when people's consciousness changes, then their awareness of what is possible changes as well - a virtuous circle.”
“Our greatest leaders are neither dreamers nor dictators: They are, like Jefferson, those who articulate national aspirations yet master the mechanics of influence and know when to depart from dogma.”

Source : Jon Meacham (2012). “Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power”, p.20, Random House
“Rash indeed is he who reckons on tomorrow, or happily on the days beyond it; for tomorrow is not, until today is past.”
“So at the request of educators I wrote the World Core Curriculum, the product of the United Nations, the meta-organism of human and planetary evolution.”
“Is that why you hate me?" I ask. "Partly," She admits. "Jealousy is certainly involved. I also think you're a little hard to swallow. With your tacky romantic drama and your defender-of-the-helpless act. Only it isn't an act, which makes you more unbearable. Please feel free to take this personally.”

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