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" My personal philosophy is that people should be extremely selfish for the first half of their life and extremely unselfish for the second half because then they can do the most good. "
Walter O'Brien
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" My left brain has gradually 'eaten' the right-brain capabilities away. "
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" When I was 13, I thought I was pretty hot stuff because I knew BASIC programming, self-taught on the family's Commodore 64. One of my crowning accomplishments was writing a silly little program that showed a crudely-drawn Space Shuttle lifting off in a cloud of pixelated smoke. "
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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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" Flying down a tunnel of 1s and 0s is not how hacking is really done. "
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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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" 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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" At Sussex University, I developed a system called WinLocX to help with the process of translating software into foreign languages. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" Once your IQ is 150 or over, it stops beings ability and becomes a disability. "
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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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" If you look at any normal organization, the CEO is the person with the highest E.Q. The person with the highest IQ is often in the back room running the financials or the operations. That's topsy turvy. "
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" I am extremely left brain dominant, probably 95%-5%. The feeling side of my brain is not really strong. "
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