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" Technology is notorious for engrossing people so much that they don't always focus on balance and enjoy life at the same time. "
Paul Allen
Same
Life
Enjoy Life
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" In the first eight or so years at Microsoft, we were always chained to our terminals, and after I got sick the first time, I decided that I was going to be more adventurous and explore more of the world. "
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" Every once in a while, a new technology, an old problem, and a big idea turn into an innovation. "
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" The number one benefit of information technology is that it empowers people to do what they want to do. It lets people be creative. It lets people be productive. It lets people learn things they didn't think they could learn before, and so in a sense it is all about potential. "
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" As a species, we've always been discoverers and adventurers, and space and the deep ocean are some of the last frontiers. "
Paul Allen
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Always
Been
" Traditionally, Seattle has been a great sports town and great football town. What the Huskies have achieved over the years has been pretty amazing. That's how I got my first taste of football - when I went with my father to Husky Stadium. "
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Amazing
Sports
Father
" Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important. "
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Teacher
Technology
" The First Industrial Revolution used water and steam power to mechanize production. The Second used electric power to create mass production. The Third used electronics and information technology to automate production. "
Klaus Schwab
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" The best museums and museum exhibits about science or technology give you the feeling that, hey, this is interesting, but maybe I could do something here, too. "
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Science
Best
Technology
" Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant. "
Mitchell Kapor
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" In my own work, I've tried to anticipate what's coming over the horizon, to hasten its arrival, and to apply it to people's lives in a meaningful way. "
Paul Allen
Work
Horizon
My Own
" With documentary-film projects, you hope you highlight an area of concern people haven't thought about before. A lot of times, I'm asking myself - 'This seems to be a significant problem. What can be done that hasn't been done?' "
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Hope
Myself
Problem
" In the computer industry, you've got an interdisciplinary team of people who can come together, attack the problem, and work in a collaborative style. You knock down one problem after another, cobble things together, and then hopefully turn the crank at some point. "
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Together
People
Style
" While I sign off on trades or free agents, I've rarely overruled my basketball people's decisions. But I'm not shy about steering the discussion or pushing deeper if something doesn't make sense to me. "
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Me
People
Decisions
" I'm a very private person that prefers a low profile. "
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Private Person
Person
Profile
" I grew up around books. When I first held the book and it was a substantive, tangible thing, and I thought of all the work that went into it, not just my work but everybody else's and the research and so forth, there's a sense of really have done something worthwhile. "
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Done
Work
Up
" The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do. "
B. F. Skinner
Think
Technology
Men
" You've got to enjoy time with your family and friends, and if you're involved in sports franchises, those peak moments in playoff games. You have to enjoy life. "
Paul Allen
Life
Enjoy Life
Family
" What should exist? To me, that's the most exciting question imaginable. What do we need that we don't have? How can we realize our potential? "
Paul Allen
Question
Me
Need
" If you think about making a difference in the community, my family has always had a strong interest in the arts. I'm always interested in finding ways to innovate... It's a blend; it's not a point focus. "
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Focus
Think
Strong
" When it comes to helping out, I don't believe in doing it for the media attention. My goal is to support the organizations that need help. "
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Out
Support
Help
" I enjoy creating new ideas, working on new creative projects. "
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Creative
Creating
Ideas
" Social media is not about the exploitation of technology but service to community. "
Simon Mainwaring
Service
Community
Media
" Once you become an owner of a team, you get so much more into the sport and you can't help it. So I really love NFL football now to the degree of following it much more than I did previously. "
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You
Team
Now
" That would be such a life-changing thing, for us all to know that there are other beings out there who we could potentially communicate with, or maybe we are listening to a signal that they transmitted hundreds of millennia ago. "
Paul Allen
Listening
Us
Life-Changing
" I am very excited to be supporting one of the world's most visionary efforts to seek basic answers to some of the fundamental question about our universe and what other civilisations may exist elsewhere. "
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Universe
World
I Am
" The world is getting more connected through technology and travel. Cuisines are evolving. Some people are scared of globalization, but I think people will always take pride in cultural heritage. "
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Think
Travel
People
" The possible is constantly being redefined, and I care deeply about helping humanity move forward. "
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Forward
Humanity
Move
" In global warming, I think everyone is scratching their heads - are there technological things that can be brought to bear that can make a difference? "
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Think
Make A Difference
Difference
" We've had some tough times, but we've hung in there. "
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Some
Tough
Had