Dan Kaminsky Quotes
Software tends not to kill people, and so we accept incredibly fast innovation loops because the consequences are tolerable and the results are astonishing.
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Every time - well, not every time, but in celebration of a great review or a great accolade, I take the team of Daniel to Katz's Deli for lunch. We take the trip on the subway, we were like 40 or 50 people, and we go in the back room and have a pastrami sandwich.
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Ego is one of the biggest weapons that is used to take us down. It's self-destructive. It's a problem on all levels - even regular people can have big ego problems.
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I'm still shocked when people say, 'You haven't done a studio record in 20 years.' I try to make excuses for it, but the truth is I just wasn't with it.
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I want to prove that if you write in strict meter and rhyme about subjects people care about, they will buy poetry.
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What I find so interesting about people is the choices they make, and how that effects their behavior, their sense of self and their relationships.
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Religious beliefs are sacred to people, and at all times should be respected and honoured.
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People like to pigeonhole you. It's easier.
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Surround yourself with people who provide you with support and love and remember to give back as much as you can in return.
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The reader is going to imprint on the characters he sees first. He is going to expect to see these people often, to have them figure largely into the story, possibly to care about them. Usually, this will be the protagonist.
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I realise how important it is to use the time I have. I respect people who want to do that by watching television. I happen to want to read books. But I know I can't read all the books or watch all the movies in one lifetime.
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In my flat in Chicago, I've got this big room with an office in the corner and a balcony so I can watch people go by.
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In hospital, people should be able to have time to themselves.
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South Africans are caring, compassionate and loving people.
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People assume that because I'm a great athlete, I can dance. But no. My rhythm is off a little bit.
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A lot of people tend to glorify the role of satire and comedians. They put them up as role models, as fighters for the truth and against tyranny, and I think that's overrated.
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The Japanese people are usually very prudent, even when they are convinced change is necessary.
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More exposure has give to me more discipline because I am seeing that more people are wanting to observe what I am making/filming/singing; this does motivate me to make videos for every week.
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I never felt at home in London, because people were constantly telling me I didn't belong here, so after a while, you tend to believe that.
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People get on a show and they fought tooth and nail. Almost 95% of the actors out there want to be on a television series. Then as soon as they get onto one, no, no, I want to be a movie star. This television series stuff, no, no no.
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I think that so-called capitalism and trade is a very important element in giving people opportunity.
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We have the purveyors of hatred who take every single incident between people of two races and try to make a race war out of it, and drive wedges into people. And this does not need to be done.
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How wonderful are the women and men in the world who feed us. Especially those who feed us with no salary. The mothers—I thought. The wives.
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Brilliant. . . . Marriage Confidential is both laugh-out-loud funny and gasp-out-loud shocking, and nothing less than a Feminine Mystique for our time. Mark my words, your marriage will change after reading this book.
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Software tends not to kill people, and so we accept incredibly fast innovation loops because the consequences are tolerable and the results are astonishing.
