Donald Knuth Quotes
In fact what I would like to see is thousands of computer scientists let loose to do whatever they want. That's what really advances the field.
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When I talk to young girls about clothes, I tell them to show a lot of brains.
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I am especially fascinated with mermaids, and they are always coming out in pirate stories.
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Brad Pitt is a dude who just wants to make good movies. He's not afraid to surround himself with the greatest actors, which I always appreciate because I've also seen actors who only want to surround themselves with weak actors because it makes them look better. That ends up making a poorer movie.
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I'm just a person who forgives and forgets. I have a hard time holding grudges.
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Many Democrats have a pre-9/11 worldview.
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I read whenever possible, and I buy books all the time, sometimes online, but mostly from bookshops. I love literature. If you want to understand art, it's important to understand what is also happening in literature, in music, in science, in architecture.
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I really loved 'Witches of Eastwick', the movie with Michelle Pfeiffer and Jack Nicholson and Cher.
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Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.
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When you have somebody like a Donald Trump - he made no bones about trying to disprove Barack Obama's Americanism in trying to make him out to be some foreigner that was born in Kenya. I thought that to be very racist.
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Acting is equal parts talent and perseverance.
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I'm sure in the history of Harvard, and the history of most schools, there's been some pretty crazy parties that I'm not even sure you could even capture on film how silly and ridiculous they were.
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I am not quite a poet but I am something of the kind.
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I need about three seats lengthwise to sleep on a plane. It's not easy for me to curl up.
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If you're not doing something different, you're not doing anything.
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I spend my money like I don't have anything.
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I read a lot on the subject and had many conversations, and I have come to the conclusion that the Catholic Church is a force for evil.
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The 'hood don't really wanna hear it, but you need brown rice, you need wheat bread, stuff like that.
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Tradition has made women cowardly.
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Obviously I'd love to work with any of these great directors because every time I've worked with them I've gained a tremendous amount as an actor. Each director has his own way of pushing you towards improving yourself.
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And then the last album, 'Get It', was done over a shorter period of time and I started using other musicians, as opposed to playing all the instruments myself like I did on the other two.
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It's hard to give specific advice because there's so many different types of animals. In making movies, you just have to figure out what type of animal you are and then find the road.
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I still like to listen to the people that I came of age on.
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In fact what I would like to see is thousands of computer scientists let loose to do whatever they want. That's what really advances the field.
