Marvin Minsky Quotes
Changing the states of many agents grossly alters behavior, while changing only a few just perturbs the overall disposition a little.
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Job-wise, I did have a moment of panic that I should have been a doctor a few years ago, but I hate when people vomit.
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Bounty always receives part of its value from the manner in which it is bestowed.
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I'm a big fan of monsters. Number one, they're fun, and two, they're such great ways to access the subconscious fears and beliefs of any group of people.
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Emotional messiness is my reason for life. In acting, it's so important.
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I have dangerous bones in my body.
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I've watched Urkel since I was a little kid.
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You can run, run, run away from a lot of things in life, but you can't run away from yourself. And the key to happiness is to understand and accept who you are.
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There's still racism. Western Europe... has taken the native cultures of the Americas, the African cultures, the Asian civilization and lumped them together into The Others.
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I'm very devoted to my kids - I'm completely blind to their faults.
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Nothing is more witty and grotesque than ancient mythology and Christianity; that is because they are so mystical.
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Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.
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Science is the most durable and nondivisive way of thinking about the human circumstance. It transcends cultural, national, and political boundaries. You don't have American science versus Canadian science versus Japanese science.
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It's very rare you get a great script just handed to you, or sent to you, by someone you don't know.
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There's not enough black films out there. There's not enough Latin films, or films that have an Asian, Indian or Middle Eastern lead. The list goes on and on.
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Older women are best, because they always think they may be doing it for the last time.
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Because I'm so tall, clothes look different on me than they do on others.
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Let me show you the work of the humble. Listen.
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The object of art - like every other product - creates a public which is sensitive to art and enjoys beauty.
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I went on a book tour immediately after 9/11. I was due to leave the following Wednesday, so I just did. It was an amazing thing, because planes hadn't been flying very many days, and I got on this plane and went to San Francisco, and the minute that plane lifted above the clouds, I felt this incredible sense of lightness.
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Anger is a manifestation of a deeper issue... and that, for me, is based on insecurity, self-esteem and loneliness.
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First Amendment freedoms are most in danger when the government seeks to control thought or to justify its laws for that impermissible end. The right to think is the beginning of freedom, and speech must be protected from the government because speech is the beginning of thought.
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There's nothing glamorous about war at all.
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Teachers have the hardest and most important jobs in America. They're building our nation. And we should appreciate them, respect them, and pay them well.
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Changing the states of many agents grossly alters behavior, while changing only a few just perturbs the overall disposition a little.
