Taavet Hinrikus Quotes

Talent is a complex subject: from the education our kids get in kindergarten and beyond to the re-skilling of some parts of the workforce; from the opportunities available for research to how we attract the best people to work in our companies.

Taavet Hinrikus

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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  • Nationality: estonian
  • Birth: 1981

Topics

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I did 20 years in the Navy. I joined the Navy right out of high school and went through Navy boot camp, went to SEAL training, got done with that, and then showed up at a SEAL team, where I did 20 years. That was pretty much my whole adult life.

Jocko Willink

LifeTrainingSchoolTeamDoneNavy

I work with a couple charities called Serving Those Who Serve and Rebuilding Together. Both are supportive of veterans when they come home.

Jessica Biel

WorkHomeTogetherVeteransServing

Try new things, step out of your comfort zone, take risks, do things in ways you've never done them before, ask for help, surround yourself with self-actualized people, become obsessed with the fact that you have one go-round on this planet as the you that is you, and realize how precious and important it is not to squander that.

Jen Sincero

New ThingsYourselfRisksStepHelp

I don't want to slam the cute and fun movies out there, but it gets old.

John Corbett

CuteFunWantMoviesOldOut

I just think about cutting my hair when it's too hot or when I have to go somewhere that I have to wash it and style it. That's when I think about cutting it.

Anderson Varejao

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I get paid to do the thing I love most, and maybe that makes blending into the crowd impossible sometimes, but I wouldn't trade it for the world.

Anna Paquin

LoveWorldImpossibleSometimesPaid

Mostly, my flying has been solo, but the preparation for it wasn't. Without my husband's help and encouragement, I could not have attempted what I have. Ours has been a contented and reasonable partnership, he with his solo jobs and I with mine. But always with work and play together, conducted under a satisfactory system of dual control.

Amelia Earhart

WorkTogetherPreparationControl

Heartbreak is good fuel for country songs. And cheating.

Miranda Lambert

GoodCheatingCountryHeartbreak

I'm a professor of comparative literature, among other things, so I'm able to read in a couple of other languages, and I understand that not everyone is, not everyone can, although it is quite stunning how many people do read Spanish in the United States, but moving between languages is also extremely helpful.

Judith Butler

PeopleMovingLiteratureUnderstand

When we make purchases on credit, they give us only an illusion of prosperity.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

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I never thought, in my lifetime, that you'd be able to watch movies, read books and listen to music from a phone, but I guess the technology of tomorrow is here today.

Dolly Parton

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Salad bars are like a restaurant's lungs. They soak up the impurities and bacteria in the environment, leaving you with much cleaner air to enjoy.

Douglas Coupland

RestaurantEnvironmentEnjoyYouAir

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