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Paul Allen
Paul Allen
American Businessman
Born: Jan 21, 1953
Died: Oct 15, 2018
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If you think about making a difference in the community, my family has always had a strong interest in the arts. I'm always interested in finding ways to innovate... It's a blend; it's not a point focus. Paul Allen
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Traditionally, Seattle has been a great sports town and great football town. What the Huskies have achieved over the years has been pretty amazing. That's how I got my first taste of football - when I went with my father to Husky Stadium. Paul Allen
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Once you become an owner of a team, you get so much more into the sport and you can't help it. So I really love NFL football now to the degree of following it much more than I did previously. Paul Allen
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To make real progress in A.I., we have to overcome the big challenges in the area of common sense. Paul Allen
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From my youth, I'd never stopped thinking in the future tense. Paul Allen
Future Youth Thinking Never Tense Stopped
My high school in Seattle, Lakeside, seemed conservative on the surface, but it was educationally progressive. Paul Allen
Conservative School Progressive High High School Seemed Surface Seattle
At one point, I was the youngest owner in major league sports. Paul Allen
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Even though Traf-O-Data wasn't a roaring success, it was seminal in preparing us to make Microsoft's first product a couple of years later. Paul Allen
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I remember having pizza at Shakey's in Vancouver, Washington in 1973 and talking about the fact that eventually, everyone is going to be online and have access to newspapers and stuff, and wouldn't people be willing to pay for information on a computer terminal. Paul Allen
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Go Seahawks! Go Blazers! Paul Allen
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I just try to stuff my brain with everything that I can read on what is going on in science at a very high level, and sometimes I see connections of what might need to be done. Paul Allen
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General managers - I like to talk about the 'golden gut': general managers that not only can have a sense for the players that are going to perform beyond what people expect and get team chemistry right, but they also have to be able to make trades. Paul Allen
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The NFL, as compared to the NBA, it's so physical and so emotional almost every play. Paul Allen
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Any time you get to compete for the championship in a professional spot, it's just a magic thing. Paul Allen
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In Seattle, I've talked about how Pete Carroll is such... I'm kind of surprised at the variety of styles that successful coaches can have. Some are very communicative and positive and energized - like, Pete Carroll has all that in spades. Some of them are more cerebral; some are more directive. Paul Allen
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I think it's pretty unique to see a coach adjust to the talent he has and maximize the abilities of players he has and help them keep growing. Paul Allen
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That darn luxury tax is pretty painful. Paul Allen
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I think, as an owner, you really want to do the team right, the fans right, and the community right and build a winning organization. Paul Allen
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You want someone who will challenge you back; sometimes, that's the way the best decisions get made. Paul Allen
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Blame me for having to type the backslash in DOS. Paul Allen
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Long periods can pass between the times you play for a championship, so you have to savor those moments. Paul Allen
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Sports is such a cyclical thing; it's often feast or famine. But what you try and do as an owner is build a winning organization. Paul Allen
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In Portland, I am more involved in the details of trade discussions because I've been around that sport longer and can watch tape and can give some input to the drafting process. In football, not at all. It's so specialized. Paul Allen
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Something that is characteristic of me is the breadth of my interests. Paul Allen
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AI2 was born from a desire to create a system that could truly reason about knowledge, rather than just offer up what had been written on a subject before. Paul Allen
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In order to be truly intelligent, computers must understand - that is probably the critical word. Paul Allen
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