Bjarne Stroustrup Quotes
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Doing voice-over work is something that I love to do, and it is a lot of fun at the same time.
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Acting is exciting. It is different every time you do it.
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You can't always be in awe of someone's talent, living with them.
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I am an optimist. I believe the future is bright. I think people who see life painted in dark colors are the ones who do not take ownership.
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Our fathers had their dreams; we have ours; the generation that follows will have its own. Without dreams and phantoms man cannot exist.
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I read 'The Shining' before I ever saw the movie, when I was maybe 12.
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Hand washing is the first basic step towards achieving any millennium goals for development. It saves lives.
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My dad was very fun and very adventurous, and from a formative age I learned to value men who would do things on a whim.
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People never believe you.
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Getting toxic lead out of gasoline, the oil industry shouted, would cost a dollar a gallon. It turned out to cost just a penny a gallon to protect hundreds of thousands of kids from lead-induced brain damage.
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Poverty is the worst form of violence.
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I'm vegan on home base, but when I travel to other countries, I throw it all into the garbage.
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I start a lot of things and purposely leave them unfinished. When I have a bunch of really long emails, and I need time to think about the response, I'll actually start replying, leave them as drafts, and move onto something else mid-sentence.
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You have a specific, defined audience-at MTV, they assume the audience to the news is 15 to 30 years old and they do a lot of research about the things they're interested in.
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Most great entrepreneurs I know are nothing like the other kids. They're almost like tangent lines - those lines that seem to go nowhere. Nothing connects them, until they get out in the real world. Then they connect just fine.
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To me, I approach a small-budget, artsy, European movie the same way as a big commercial Hollywood movie. That's the most important thing. Hollywood usually represents this big dream in people's minds, but to me, it's just hard work.
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A teacher enlarges people in all sorts of ways besides just his subject matter.
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In the continuing debate over the morality of enhanced interrogation, an essential consideration is often overlooked: intent.
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An adaptable company is one that captures more than its fair share of new opportunities. It's always redefining its 'core business' in ways that open up new avenues for growth.
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Whatever exists, he the judge said. Whatever in creation exists without my knowledge exists without my consent.
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When I get a script that has the opportunity to create discussion and inspire young girls, I don't want to say no to that... I just want to contribute.
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Most big companies work in stealth until they think they have a consumer product ready to go.
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We look upon prayer simply as a means of getting things for ourselves, but the biblical purpose of prayer is that we may get to know God Himself.
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Proof by analogy is fraud.
