- Always
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- Nov 07, 2020
Better Quotes
On growth, progress and making things better.
These quotes range from finishing a piece of writing that finally feels worth sharing to teamwork producing stronger results than working alone, with a side note on technology's uneven effect on security. For more, see our Growth quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Sometimes
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- Nov 07, 2020
In film, you get to take your time and make it right. In TV, it's all about the schedule. The train is moving and you sometimes just don't have time to make things right, which is painful 'cause you know it could be done better and you just have no choice.
- Facts
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a dangerous bottom-lining, and super-summarizing that happens in a lot of our press and our media, and sort of our politicians' talking points, that's dangerously simple. I don't know a better way to say it. And there's usually a lot more complicated facts going on than what is quoted and quotable.
- Dumb
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes it's better to have a benign dictator than a dumb democracy, to be honest.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
Healthy children are more likely to attend school and are better able to learn. Healthy workers are more productive. More productive economies mean greater stability in developing countries and improved security in the West.
- Poverty
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- Nov 07, 2020
Science is one of the comparative advantages of our knowledge-based economy, and focusing on our prowess in providing better tools to address diseases of poverty is one of the best forms of foreign aid.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you're going to buy a real book, a paper book, there better be a good reason. Perhaps scarcity is one of those reasons.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wouldn't even go into the history of the last days of the Soviet Union, the withdrawal from Europe, and what promises were given at that time, because those were oral promises, and our leaders of that time strongly believe that, like in ancient Russia, a word given is better than any treaty.
- Globalization
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want people to see the fact that we've lost millions of manufacturing jobs to outsourcing and globalization. Sometimes images can convey that better.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a really deep belief that we create technologies to empower ourselves. We've invented a lot of technology that just makes us all faster and better, and I'm generally a big fan of this. I just want to make sure that this technology stays subservient to people. People are the number one entity there is on this planet.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have been spending the better part of my professional life trying to create self-driving cars. At Google, I am working with a world-class team of engineers to turn science fiction into reality.
- Conflict
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always felt that if countries knew each other better, there would be less war. Often, conflict goes with demonizing other countries and cultures.
- Picture
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are moments that you suffer a lot, moments you won't photograph. There are some people you like better than others. But you give, you receive, you cherish, you are there. When you are really there, you know when you see the picture later what you are seeing.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020