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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People have no idea how hard football is, absolutely no idea. It's all about pace. You can say, 'Yeah, you've got speed of thought' - but you've got to have a little bit of a zip.
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I think that because I am rich, handsome and a great player people are envious of me. I don’t have any other explanation.
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After the Berlin Wall came down and Communism was on the run, I looked around and wondered what the next threat to the United States would be.
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I consider one of the most important duties of any scientist the teaching of science to students and to the general public.
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The vast majority of people who speak to me say they have had brilliant care. When they are critical, their concern tends not to be directed at the medical side but the ancillary things that surround it, such as helping patients to eat meals, cleanliness, and making sure that when patients have a problem, they are listened to.
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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.
