Vernor Vinge Quotes
Effective translation of natural languages comes awfully close to requiring a sentient translator program.Vernor Vinge
Quotes to Explore
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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
Calvin Coolidge -
When I put magic into a book - whether it's a wizard or a crusty old werewolf - I'm asking a reader to swallow a huge leap that is counter to everything he or she knows. An extra big helping of reality makes that leap go down a lot easier.
Patricia Briggs -
I would never want to be selected to a team just because I am going to set a record. It's critical to me to earn my way.
Ian Millar -
I do this thing with my daughter - I put my hand on her face and shake her head, but really affectionately. But I didn't think, and I did that to Flea.
Watkin Tudor Jones -
God's been very good to me. I'm truly blessed.
Walter Payton -
The media is controlled.
Laura Harrier
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My work isn't any more important than anything else in the family.
J. J. Abrams -
A girl can never have too many lipstick options!
Zoe Sugg -
I once pitched this show that was just like 'Quantum Leap,' in terms of the set-up, and I got a pass because they said 'Quantum Leap' didn't work, even though it was on for six or seven seasons. You can't say 'Quantum Leap' didn't work!
Adam Green -
Men are such power-seeking creatures, and they usually kill people to get to the throne.
Madonna Breakfast Club -
Does being a feminist mean that I believe that I'm as good as any man? Yes.
Yasmine Bleeth -
It horrifies me how much it costs to put on shows now, mainly due to EU regulations. The freedom to be entrepreneurial is no longer there. It's a massive business now.
Cameron Mackintosh
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Self-preservation is an important thing to me.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. -
Actions are visible, though motives are secret.
Samuel Johnson -
Pair up in threes.
Yogi Berra -
Why should you trouble yourself about the future? You do not even properly know about the present. Take care of the present, the future will take care of itself.
Ramana Maharshi -
When once-which every body must be-you are convinced of the wickedness and deceit of men, it is impossible to preserve untainted your own innocence of heart. Experience will prove the depravity of mankind, and the conviction of it only serves to create distrust, suspicion-caution-and sometimes causelessly.
Frances Burney -
They certainly are not great writers, but they speak their country's language and they make themselves heard.
Alexis de Tocqueville
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My goal keeps me alive, and no personal issue is going to interfere with that. If people try to put me in the crazy box–'crazy fucking Courtney'–go ahead. But if you think you’re going to stop me from where I’m going, you’re not going to do it. I work my ass off. I deliver the goddamn goods. And I will deliver them again.
Courtney Love -
I'm open-minded.
Toto Wolff -
Reality is the leading cause of stress for those in touch with it.
Jack Wagner -
In fact, the whole of Japan is a pure invention. There is no such country, there are no such people.... The Japanese people are ... simply a mode of style, an exquisite fancy of art.
Oscar Wilde -
Theres nothing half so pleasant as coming home again.
Margaret Elizabeth Sangster -
Effective translation of natural languages comes awfully close to requiring a sentient translator program.
Vernor Vinge