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"Observe calmly; secure our position; cope with affairs calmly; hide our capacities and bide our time; be good at maintaining a low profile; and never claim leadership."
"Keep a cool head and maintain a low profile. Never take the lead - but aim to do something big."
"All human beings have all of the intelligences. But we differ, for both genetic and experiential reasons, in our profile of intelligences at any moment."
"Every so often you have to increase your profile so you can let it lower again, like a balloon."
"A competent portraitist knows how to imply the profile in the full face."
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"I'm not as famous as Stephen Hawking, but certainly in the U.S., I have a very high profile for a scientist. It is an awesome responsibility, one that I don't shoulder lightly."
"I'm a very private person that prefers a low profile."
"You do feel a certain obligation to shows that raise your profile like 'Downton' has. But there are definitely other exciting opportunities out there."
"If I wasn't going through a thing where I was also being my characters offstage, uh, I'm much happier just wearing the most low-profile things that I can come up with just so I can get down the street."
"Private companies can make a personal profile, direct you to things - they will say - that you would be interested in, but that's their choice not your choice."
"Profiles aren't journalism."
"I would like to reiterate that I don't want any profiles of me. I am not newsworthy."
