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 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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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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It is not necessary to succeed in order to persevere. As long as there is a margin of hope, however narrow, we have no choice but to base all our actions on that margin. America and Russia have one interest in common which may override all their other interests: to be able to live with the bomb without getting into an all-out war that neither of them wants.
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I think I was born with the drive for success because I have a certain gene.
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I made two movies before The Police had a hit record: I did Quadrophenia and a film called Radio On.
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I felt Nigeria didn't have to succumb to the image of being a corrupt country; we didn't have to let the economy stagnate.
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I love how, when you're a teenager, you're really opinionated, you're really right, you can't be wrong, and you don't know any better.
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Baseball is not what I love. It's my job.
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I'm a great pop culture lover, and I'm not a snob.
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Being somebody is better than not being somebody vis à vis what you want out of life. If you want to talk to interesting people and have them talk to you, and if you want enough money to live someplace pleasant and to go on trips and be able to help people you love, you simply have to be somebody.
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I define UNIX as 30 definitions of regular expressions living under one roof.
