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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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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I guess I'm happy that I'm getting the attention. Otherwise, I'd just be playing in a local bar in front of my family members, and I'm sure they'd get sick of that in no time.
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I'm a singer-songwriter, but we get loud and we jump around. We have dance moves; we freak out. It's really fun, man!
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There have been loads of times I have regretted meeting Paul because I was so happy in my old life.
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I think film had a terrible effect on horror fiction particularly in the 80s, with certain writers turning out stuff as slick and cliched as Hollywood movies.
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I have always believed women have so many natural leadership qualities. They just need opportunities and access.
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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.
