Marvin Minsky Quotes
A memory should induce a state through which we see current reality as an instance of the remembered event - or equivalently, see the past as an instance of the present. ...the system can perform a computation analogous to one from the memorable past, but sensitive to present goals and circumstances.
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I chose to present myself as one who comes from among the people, and I can be touched by their pain because I have my own.
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The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.
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There comes a point when a dream becomes reality and reality becomes a dream.
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I want to play in the WBC. That was one of my goals to represent my country.
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When historians of early America turned from the pursuit of past politics, they devised a category known in the academy as 'social and intellectual history.' In it, they stuffed nearly everything except politics on the assumption, which the anthropologists assured them was correct, that it would all fit together. Somehow it did not.
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There's a physicality and confidence to Americans; they're very present. That's something I enjoy being around because it rubs off on you.
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It's hard to do a reality show when there's so much crying and drama.
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That's the great thing about G.I. Joe: it's essentially superheroes, but it's military based - and it's based in reality.
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I'd like to do some crazy art installations and design some weird synthesizers and work with other people and make some fun stuff for a bit. Maybe tap into virtual reality stuff or maybe write another record... We'll see.
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God the Father and God the Son cannot be everywhere present; indeed they cannot be even in two places at the same instant: but God the Holy Spirit is omnipresent - it extends through all space, with all other matter.
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Writers are historians, too. It is in literature that the greater truths about a people and their past are found.
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You lose your habitual behavior, which allowed you to sort of zone out. You have to be here, you have to be now, you have to be present.
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The Real is ever-present, like the screen on which the cinematographic pictures move. While the picture appears on it, the screen remains invisible. Stop the picture, and the screen will become clear. All thoughts and events are merely pictures moving on the screen of Pure Consciousness, which alone is real.
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I knew it was time to get off of reality TV when someone asked me if I sang as well as acted.
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You just want to keep playing consistently now and keep working hard and I'm sure the goals will come.
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You had to make an appointment to see her. But it was just a crazy spectacle, people filing past.
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I look forward to strengthening the U.S.-U.N. partnership and working closely with Secretary of State Kerry towards our shared goals of peace, development, and human rights.
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I believe realism is nothing but an analysis of reality. Film scripts have a synthetical constitution.
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I guess I’ll still be grappling with my endless number of worries. But since I have to live in the present, I hope I can concentrate more on my todays — not just on my acting, but on my life. I hope I can become more assertive and expressive.
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My heart's in really great shape thanks to spinning classes.
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I feel like a drunken man who doesn't have a drink.
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Amiable weaknesses of human nature.
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Women often focus more on staying friends, which is as important as climbing the mountain.
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A memory should induce a state through which we see current reality as an instance of the remembered event - or equivalently, see the past as an instance of the present. ...the system can perform a computation analogous to one from the memorable past, but sensitive to present goals and circumstances.
