Bert Lance Quotes
I don't know how smart I am. I just try to be what I am. I hope I'm modest. I think that's a desirable trait.
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I know one man who was impotent who gave AIDS to his wife and the only thing they did was kiss.
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China has the best opportunities. A domestic market with 1.3bn people will help create more Fortune 500 retailers.
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I only buy a computer when it's two years old, after the glitches have been worked out.
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Thought is an infection. In the case of certain thoughts, it becomes an epidemic.
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He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit.
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In the world of language, or in other words in the world of art and liberal education, religion necessarily appears as mythology or as Bible.
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The kids from the streets don't want preaching or messages. They want what they can identify with. They want to hear about the reality of their situation, not fairy tales. They don't care if it's ugly; they just want reality.
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If I went out in killer heels and full makeup, blow dry, the whole thing - anyone dressed up like that could be intimidating to men and women, really. It's so, look at me. Do you know what I mean? But I love women.
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It is a profound and necessary truth that the deep things in science are not found because they are useful: they are found because it was possible to find them.
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I would probably do anything with David Mamet. He's so great. I just love his writing.
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Jung viewed Freud as a mentor, but he never wanted to be anybody's disciple.
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I do all these various activities like painting and writing, comedy and films probably because not that I'm good at everything but because I'm not good at any of these things.
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I feel I will always have that spirit bear with me, so I will always feel protected.
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Im not your biggest girly girl.
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No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut.
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My paintings do not have a center, but depend on the same amount of interest throughout.
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Being good is just a matter of temperament in the end.
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Your Majesty, I took the liberty because I was so desirous of visiting alone with you for a few minutes before the rest of the other peasants arrived.
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But what is more, if we have succeeded in adding to the basic understanding of our universe and ourselves, we will have made a contribution to the totality of human culture.
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US and European pre-eminence in science-based innovation cannot be taken for granted. The centre of gravity for innovation is starting to shift from west to east.
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Pigeons are gentle and smart and have complex social relationships. Their hearing and vision are both excellent.
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One problem was that my direct testimony was in writing, so a lot of people didn't get to see it. I hope they see it, because I think it built a very strong case.
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For a long time it puzzled me how something so expensive, so leading edge, could be so useless. And then it occurred to me that a computer is a stupid machine with the ability to do incredibly smart things, while computer programmers are smart people with the ability to do incredibly stupid things. They are, in short, a perfect match.
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I don't know how smart I am. I just try to be what I am. I hope I'm modest. I think that's a desirable trait.
