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He persisted and built his company into a worldwide player

That is to say, if we attend to the other person, we automatically empathize, we automatically feel with them

He has carved out an incredibly lucrative side pursuit as an author

He told me that every time someone told him he would fail, he simply smiled and thought to himself, “Well, that’s one less possible competitor right there.”

I was doing my taxes the other day, and I got to the point where I was listing all of the donations I gave, and I had an epiphany

I think it's quite apt

And I think that that is very troubling, and in a sense, I've been reflecting on turning that part of us off.

let me talk about something really quick

Right now, as Bill McDonough has pointed out, the objects that we buy and use have hidden consequences

To date, many studies have reported...

Let's talk about film now. Film, it's an incredible medium, but essentially, it's the same now as it was then.

So, I'm going to show you a demo of a virtual reality film: a full-screen version of all the information that we capture when we shoot virtual reality

I’m 69 later this year — and I’ve had a pretty good run.

And that's where I think we just start to scratch the surface of the true power of virtual reality.

Just a note on the colors in these images

And I know there's some of you who say, "Well, wouldn't it be better, wouldn't the world be a better place if we all just spoke one language?

So at this point in the talk, this is a nice time to ...

And you'll suddenly discover what it would be like to be unable to speak your own language.

Now, if you begin to look at the idea that these cultures could create different realities, you could begin to understand some of their extraordinary discoveries

So, what we're trying to do at the National Geographic, finally, is, we believe that politicians will never accomplish anything

Startups and apps

This collection is aimed at helping you present your tech startups or apps in English. You can memorize useful phrases for presenting, pitching, being interviewed on your product or service. Use the same clever collocations as successful startups used and still use in their interviews clipped from tech blogs. Such as: "Ping was born from a personal frustration with having a...", "Our Aim is To Bridge The Gap Between...", "At the core of the app lies a clever algorithm that allows" etc.

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