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I never went to college - I barely got out of high school. Dave Matthews
School College Out High High School Never Got Barely
Movies, to a large extent, stand or fall on the strength of their scripts. But a documentary is a collection of found objects: fragments you've collected, accidents of interview and happenstance, pieces of stock footage that surface in the course of six to nine months of research and production. David Fanning
Strength You Accidents Fall Research Fragments Interview Nine Nine Months Months Collected Collection Objects Footage Pieces Documentary Course Surface Stock Six Happenstance Movies Scripts Production Stand Large Found Extent
After PayPal, I never thought I would get interested in payments again. But bitcoin is fulfilling PayPal's original vision to create 'the new world currency.' David O. Sacks
World Bitcoin Vision Thought Would Never New Get Currency New World After Again Interested Create Fulfilling Payments PayPal Original
Money is being made programmable. That's a fundamental change with implications we can still barely see. David O. Sacks
Change Money Made See Implications Still Being Barely Fundamental Fundamental Change
There is some risk that if the wrong regulatory regime gets adopted in the U.S., then the center of innovation could move to other countries. If blockchains are the next Internet, that would be a very unfortunate development for the U.S. David O. Sacks
Innovation Internet Other Other Countries Would Would-Be Some Adopted Risk Could Wrong Development Countries Very Gets Move Unfortunate Center Regime Then Next Regulatory
Niger is not an isolated island of desperation. It lies within a sea of problems across Africa - particularly the 'forgotten emergencies' in poor countries or regions with little strategic or material appeal. Desmond Tutu
Desperation Problems Lies Emergencies Countries Particularly Within Island Isolated Material Forgotten Africa Little Regions Poor Poor Countries Across Sea Appeal Strategic
I think that most of us would prefer to be popular than unpopular. Desmond Tutu
Think Would Unpopular Most Than Prefer Us Popular
It is our moral obligation to give every child the very best education possible. Desmond Tutu
Education Best Obligation Moral Obligation Every Our Possible Moral Give Very Child
In God's family, there are no outsiders, no enemies. Desmond Tutu
God Family Enemies Outsiders
What is black empowerment when it seems to benefit not the vast majority but an elite that tends to be recycled? Desmond Tutu
Black Benefit Seems Vast Vast Majority Tends Recycled Majority Empowerment Elite
Children are a wonderful gift. They have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart of things and to expose sham and humbug for what they are. Desmond Tutu
Heart Wonderful Gift Extraordinary See Sham Children Capacity Expose Things Humbug
The universe can take quite a while to deliver. Desmond Tutu
Universe Take Deliver Quite Quite A While While
It's a blessing that South Africa has a man like Nelson Mandela. Desmond Tutu
Man Blessing South Africa Nelson Nelson Mandela Like South Mandela Africa
In the land of my birth I cannot vote, whereas a young person of eighteen can vote. And why? Because he or she possesses that wonderful biological attribute - a white skin. Desmond Tutu
Vote Wonderful Young White Skin Birth Possesses He He Or She She Attribute Because Person Eighteen Whereas Cannot Young Person Land Why Biological
I mean in the South African case, many of those who were part of death squads would have been respectable members of their white community, people who went to church on Sunday, every Sunday. Desmond Tutu
Death People Church Sunday White Community Every Every Sunday Respectable Those Members Would Case Part Were Been South South African Squads African Mean Who Many
I'd like to dial it back 5% or 10% and try to have a vacation that's not just e-mail with a view. Elon Musk
Work Try Back Like Dial Just View Vacation Relatable
I do think there should be some regulations on AI. Elon Musk
AI Think Some Should Regulations
Rockets are cool. There's no getting around that. Elon Musk
Science Around Rockets Getting Cool
I do think there is a lot of potential if you have a compelling product and people are willing to pay a premium for that. I think that is what Apple has shown. You can buy a much cheaper cell phone or laptop, but Apple's product is so much better than the alternative, and people are willing to pay that premium. Elon Musk
Buy You Cell Phone People Phone Better Pay Think Willing Potential Cheaper Alternative Lot Than Cell Much Product Laptop Premium Shown Apple Compelling
Self-driving cars are the natural extension of active safety and obviously something we should do. Elon Musk
Natural Safety Car Active Something Obviously Should Extension
I like the word 'autopilot' more than I like the word 'self-driving.' 'Self-driving' sounds like it's going to do something you don't want it to do. 'Autopilot' is a good thing to have in planes, and we should have it in cars. Elon Musk
Good You Word Car Something More Good Thing Like Sounds Than Going Want Planes Should Thing
The goal of Tesla is to accelerate sustainable energy, so we're going to take a step back and think about what's most likely to achieve that goal. Elon Musk
Achieve Energy Think Back About Take Step Most Likely Accelerate Tesla Goal Going Sustainable
You need to live in a dome initially, but over time you could terraform Mars to look like Earth and eventually walk around outside without anything on... So it's a fixer-upper of a planet. Elon Musk
Time You Walk Live Earth Mars Could Outside Over Like Look Around Without Dome Anything Planet Initially Eventually Need
The rumours of the demise of the U.S. manufacturing industry are greatly exaggerated. Elon Musk
Rumours Exaggerated Demise Industry Greatly Manufacturing
Particularly Instagram, people look like they have a much better life than they really do. People basically seem like they are way better-looking than they really are, and they are way happier-seeming than they really are. Elon Musk
Life People Better Way Seem Better Life Instagram Like Look Particularly Than Much Really Basically
Trying to read our DNA is like trying to understand software code - with only 90% of the code riddled with errors. It's very difficult in that case to understand and predict what that software code is going to do. Elon Musk
Predict Difficult Software Our Case Only Like Read Understand Errors Very Trying Going Riddled Code
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