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" It's an honor for me to contribute to Houston's younger generations and show them that 'smart is cool.' "
Walter O'Brien
Cool
Honor
Houston
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" My left brain has gradually 'eaten' the right-brain capabilities away. "
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" I invite people to read the hundreds of positive articles instead of getting affected by the occasional outburst from a troll. "
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" Problem-solving, inventing, hacking and coding is more of an adrenaline rush of endorphins rather than a feeling. "
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" High IQ individuals don't like surprises and are pessimistic, because it's logical. "
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" I didn't fit in at school, and I didn't fit in at home, and I didn't know why. I was often lonely. "
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" The methodologies and best practices used to develop software can be applied successfully to any challenge in life. "
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" City of Los Angeles is my home, and it is my duty to lead by example, contribute all that I can, and help make the world a better place with the tools and resources available to me. "
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" I'm left-brain dominant, so anxiety and nervousness don't affect me; most emotions don't. "
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" Humans have 3 percent human error, and a lot of companies can't afford to be wrong 3 percent of the time anymore, so we close that 3 percent gap with some of the technologies. The AI we've developed doesn't make mistakes. "
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" A high IQ individual can't deal in an industry that's subjective. "
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" I'm a typical Irishman in that I only get home for weddings and funerals. "
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" Bureaucracy kills people's ability to try new ideas. "
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" Most managers are just trying to survive. That's why a lot of smarter guys have been let go from Fortune 500 companies: because they came up with new ideas that no one would allow them to try. "
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" There are kids going into chemistry and biology because of 'CSI.' "
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" I've only twice in my life come across someone with both high IQ and high EQ naturally; and that was because their parents were super high EQ, and the parents just EQ'd the hell out of them. They're inevitably very successful because now you've got someone who's sharper than the average person and well-rounded, too. "
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Life
" My personality is extremely unbalanced. "
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" I started the business as a computer consulting business, which, coupled to my nickname, Scorpion, formed the full name Scorpion Computer Services. "
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" You have a core competency, something you're better at than I'll ever be, and that's your magic - your pixie dust. "
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" I was about nine years old when a teacher administered my IQ test. Unfortunately, as I was nine, I didn't know that I needed to keep the paperwork for future reference. "
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" Flying down a tunnel of 1s and 0s is not how hacking is really done. "
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" I'm proud to be part of the fabric that inspires the next generations to remain curious and remember that 'smart is cool.' "
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Remember
Proud
" We have a 25-year head start for the stories of 'Scorpion.' By the time we get to Season Two and Three, the stuff that happened because of Season One will actually fuel Season Three. So it'll become a self-sustainable show. "
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" Maybe I was unpopular a bit because I was a teacher's pet. But even the teachers complained about me. They would say to my parents, 'For every one question any pupil asks, Walter asks 10.' "
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" EmTech Asia brings together some of the brightest minds in technology and computer security. "
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" At Sussex University, I developed a system called WinLocX to help with the process of translating software into foreign languages. "
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" It's an honor to live in and serve the great City of Los Angeles. I'm also immensely grateful for the support I've received from Ireland. "
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" If you've made enough money where you're not worried about the rent or survival, you start asking yourself why you're on this planet. Your point is to do the most good you can before you die - well, I could do more good if I didn't die. "
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" When I started losing business to salespeople who were using used-car salesmen kind of tactics, I realized I can't ignore the EQ thing; it's going to kill sales. "
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" Much of our brainpower goes unused, and many people could benefit greatly from optimizing their mental assets. "
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