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I have a different starting premise from those 100 academics who are so heavily invested in the regime of low expectations and narrow horizons which they have created.

— Michael Gove

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

There is this tremendous body of knowledge in the world of academia where extraordinary numbers of incredibly thoughtful people have taken the time to examine on a really profound level the way we live our lives and who we are and where we've been. That brilliant learning sometimes gets trapped in academia and never sees the light of day.

— Malcolm Gladwell

Most of my ideas are based on the latest research on productivity, performance and mental mastery - that's why so many iconic companies bring me in to help them grow and win.

— Robin S. Sharma

A lot of my colleagues have been people with broad interests in economics, not just narrowly focused interests.

— Lars Peter Hansen

I do look for openings where I can overturn popular misconceptions, but unlike Christopher Hitchens, I am neither a contrarian nor a lone heretic. I like to have a significant number of academics watching my back.

— Steven Pinker

Really great entrepreneurs have this very special mix of unstoppable optimism and scathing paranoia.

— Astro Teller

Investors should start with a view of skepticism. They should become intellectual investors rather than emotional investors. They should be careful, and they should be skeptical.

— Arthur Levitt

My ideas have undergone a process of emergence by emergency. When they are needed badly enough, they are accepted.

— R. Buckminster Fuller

✗Opposing Perspectives

We're starting to see a renaissance of investors embracing the idea that scientists can build businesses.

— Ryan Bethencourt

Academics are becoming much more entrepreneurial these days.

— Chris Toumazou

There is a group of entrepreneurs pushing the envelope, government officials that are making significant changes despite the odds, and visionary writers, academics, and colleagues whose work confirms, amplifies, and stretches my own thinking.

— Robin Chase