Profile Quotes - Page 7

• You do feel a certain obligation to shows that raise your profile like 'Downton' has. But there are definitely other exciting opportunities out there.

  Dan Stevens

  Opportunity, Certain, Exciting

  "A Dan for All Seasons". Interview with Joanne Kaufman, www.wsj.com. October 15, 2012.

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• There's nothing noble or selfless about politicians and there never has been. Putting it charitably, Profiles in Courage is a compendium of Democratic mythology, ghostwritten for an ambitious young Massachusetts Senator who never did a thing for himself if he could pay to have it done by others.

  L. Neil Smith

  Ambitious, Selfless, Massachusetts

  "Pursuing Invariably the Same Object". The Libertarian Enterprise, www.ncc-1776.org. April 18, 2010.

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• Part of the true luxury of "earned laziness" are the braggin rights that come along with being purposefully and publicly lazy. It is a badge of distinction, an emblem of success, without having to say too much about it. It labels us, affords us kudos, and raises our profile in the "pecking order" of our fellow troglodytes. It says to others, "See, I've done so well that I can afford to do nothing at all whenever I so choose!

  Al Gini

  Order, Luxury, Rights

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• Sarah Palin is backing in be to Republican presidential politics in a big way with a big high profile endorsement decision.That is, I think, probably going to cause a lot of upset in one particular part of the Republican establishment.

  Rachel Maddow

  Thinking, Presidential, Decision

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• I always had a weak chin because we couldn't afford to correct my bite, which could have been corrected with braces. So the chin was always weak. And I always was - kind of hated my profile. And I thought wouldn't it be nice someday to feel the rain on your chin without having to look up.

  Carol Burnett

  Nice, Rain, Looks

  "Carol Burnett: The 'Fresh Air' Interview". "Fresh Air" with Dave Davies, www.npr.org. January 29, 2016.

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• I think that DDT holds a lot of promise. It hasn't been banned everywhere - obviously it has in the U.S. In fact, about 10 years ago, the WHO came out with a statement promoting it for public health interventions in many countries. It's cheap. It's very, very effective. We've never had an insecticide that has worked so well since. It's also safe. A lot of people don't realize that its toxicity profile for humans is low.

  Laura Harrington

  Country, Thinking, Years

  "Attention Turns To Repelling Mosquitoes That Carry Zika, Dengue". "Morning Edition" with Renee Montagne, www.npr.org. February 2, 2016.

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• When you take a look at the transition from server software to Azure, what's going on in terms of cloud infrastructure, the company is absolutely the No. 1 company serving enterprise backbone needs, which is fantastic. It's making the migration to cloud. We started a good thing with Azure, and the company has made well more than two years of progress in terms of being able to compete with the right cost profile, margin structure, and innovation versus Amazon.

  Steve Ballmer

  Years, Two, Clouds

  "Steve Ballmer talks about the current state of Microsoft, his Twitter investment, and how sports tech can help the Clippers". Interview with Matt Rosoff, www.businessinsider.com. February 6, 2016.

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• These diagnostic profiles like depression, ADHD, autism, dyslexia, it's half science and the other half is a committee of doctors bickering over what it should be, and it has changed. It's not precise like a diagnosis of tuberculosis would be very precise.

  Temple Grandin

  Doctors, Autism, Other Half

  "Autism & animal welfare activist Temple Grandin". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. July 5, 2013.

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• For a human being, to possess a consciously experienced first-person perspective means to have acquired a very specific functional profile and distinctive level of representational content in one's currently active phenomenal self-model: It has, episodically, become a dynamic inner model of a knowing self.

  Thomas Metzinger

  Mean, Self, Knowing

  Source: www.3ammagazine.com

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• I believe it is the responsibility and duty of those in high-profile positions to give a voice to people whose voices cannot be heard.

  Donatella Versace

  Believe, Responsibility, Voice

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• Another piece of clarification around playing games at a friend's house - should you choose to play your game at your friend's house, there is no fee to play that game while you are signed in to your profile.

  Larry Hryb

  Xbox, Playing Games, House

  "Xbox One and Used Games". majornelson.com. May 21, 2013.

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• In going directly to Investment Heaven, you build your portfolio as you would build a wonderful company through a merger and acquisition program. You specify the way you want your portfolio to look, and then you assemble the profile piece by piece by bringing together companies that make their own individual contributions to the desired character.

  Robert Haugen

  Character, Heaven, Together

  "The Inefficient Stock Market - What Pays Off And Why". Book by Robert Haugen, Chapter 14, The Roads to Heaven and Hell, p. 139, 1999.

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• Indeed, all things move, all things run, all things are rapidly changing. A profile is never motionless before our eyes, but it constantly appears and disappears. On account of the persistency of an image upon the retina, moving objects constantly multiply themselves; their form changes like rapid vibrations, in their mad career. Thus a running horse has not four legs, but twenty, and their movements are triangular.

  Giacomo Balla

  Running, Horse, Moving

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• I think the gay community, as a whole, is slighted by high-profile figures who remain in the closet. But I think that a lot of times we need to ask ourselves what that person's role in our community would be if they were out of the closet.

  Christopher Rice

  Gay, Thinking, Community

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• Interviews are good if you want to be an actor because they raise your profile.

  Jack Gleeson

  Actors, Want, Interviews

  "'Game of Thrones': Jack Gleeson reveals the meanest thing he's ever done". Interview with James Hibberd, www.ew.com. April 3, 2014.

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• Climbing is an amazing, unique sport, and I want to share that with as many people as possible. I want to be an ambassador for the sport and raise the profile. I try to take advantage of any opportunity to share climbing with the world.

  Chris Sharma

  Sports, Unique, Opportunity

  Source: espn.go.com

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• A person speaks more about his character through his shared images or uploaded profile picture than with his words or deeds, but only a leader who is always true to himself correctly reads them.

  Anuj

  Character, Leader, Deeds

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• Research and technology parks are an important part of the innovation infrastructure in Canada. Our Government's investment will increase the foreign profile of western Canadian companies, create new jobs, and stimulate economic growth.

  Michelle Rempel

  Jobs, Technology, Government

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• There are Mafia families that have bought magnificent houses on the North Shore, although not yet the great estates because they don't want that kind of high profile.

  Nelson DeMille

  House, Mafia, Want

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• For some high-profile men in trouble, women, especially feminist women, became the all-purpose scapegoats-charged with crimes that often descended into the absurd.

  Susan Faludi

  Men, Feminist, Purpose

  Susan Faludi (1991). “Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women”

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• When you start a company, it's more an art than a science because it's totally unknown. Instead of solving high-profile problems, try to solve something that's deeply personal to you. Ideally, if you're an ordinary person and you've just solved your problem, you might have solved the problem for millions of people.

  Brian Chesky

  Art, People, Trying

  "INSTANT MBA: If You've Just Solved A Problem, You May Have Solved It For Millions" by Patricia Laya, www.businessinsider.com. August 4, 2011.

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• The fight against corruption is not bound to high-profile arrests and high-profile investigations. The fight against corruption is successful if you prevent corruption taking place in the first place.

  Ahmed Chalabi

  Successful, Fighting, Firsts

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• If your DNA profile puts you at a higher risk of developing obesity, that doesn't mean it's your fate. You can take control of the environmental side of the equation and reduce your overall lifetime risk by a lot.

  David Agus

  Mean, Fate, Dna

  "'The End of Illness’ Author David Agus Answers Readers’ Questions" by Stephen J. Dubner, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 20, 2012.

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• The higher someone's profile, the easier it is for a defendant to trade him up to the feds. Mr. Big is always a better catch than Mr. Small.

  Howie Carr

  Easier, Bigs, Feds

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• I'm a very private person that prefers a low profile.

  Paul Allen

  Lows, Persons

  "Paul Allen interview: He talks Trail Blazers, Microsoft, 'The Social Network'". Interview with Jeff Baker, www.oregonlive.com. April 19, 2011.

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