Donald Knuth Quotes
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I am often in contact with the hareidi public and politicians.
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Moreover, the practical recommendations deduced from ecological principles threaten the vested interests of commerce; it is hardly surprising that the financial and political power created by these investments should be used sometimes to suppress environmental impact studies.
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For me, California is all about rest, relaxation, space.
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I definitely enjoy the kind of magic that happens being on stage with a group when everything's working. The vibe when that's happening gets even better if the audience is involved and you can feel that interaction. That's something you don't get with your headphones on in a studio; it's much different.
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I always feel that most people out there who aren't sure if the gym is really for them aren't prepared to pay and find out.
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Falsehood is a perennial spring.
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It's difficult to act in a language that's not your own. It takes a long time to put your head around it and feel confident with it.
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I've been careful to work with good people on interesting material, mostly.
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If the Chinese can't buy U.S. products, they'll buy them from European countries and then develop stronger economic ties with France and Germany and perhaps side more with those countries when international issues flare up.
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My grandparents on my father's side came to this country from the Caribbean with a strong connection to Africa and no shame about it.
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The United States and Mexico are trapped - economically, culturally, politically and because of drug crime - in the same continent.
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He punched me. If that's his best punch, he'll be in trouble some day.
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I'm more disturbed when people expect me to be serious.
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The public's perception of your show is what it is, and you don't get to complain how people perceive your show or talk about it.
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The first time I ever went out of the country, it was to London. I was with the choir from my college, and we were touring around all these different churches. I loved it so much I tried to find a way to stay there.
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It is important that the Iraqi people have confidence in the election results and that the voting process, including the process for vote counting, is free and fair.
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A human being would certainly not grow to be seventy or eighty years old if this longevity had no meaning for the species. The afternoon of human life must also have a significance of its own and cannot be merely a pitiful appendage to life's morning.
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This is your baby. Go do it.
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If you have anything to say, anything you feel nobody has ever said before, you have got to feel it so desperately that you will find some way to say it that nobody has ever found before, so that the thing you have to say and the way of saying it blend as one matter--as indissolubly as if they were conceived together.
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When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it.
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If it has horses and swords in it, it's a fantasy, unless it also has a rocketship in it, in which case it becomes science fiction. The only thing that'll turn a story with a rocketship in it back into fantasy is the Holy Grail.
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And the course was all about bonding. People used to say, you know, what’s going to make for a good world? I said, I can’t tell you beforehand, but right before they present it I can tell you if the world’s good just by the body language. If they’re standing close to each other, the world is good.
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I like music because... it makes me feel the most free I've ever felt in my entire life and gives me the freedom to do anything without much consequence.
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I define UNIX as 30 definitions of regular expressions living under one roof.
