Donald Knuth Quotes
God is a challenge because there is no proof of his existence and therefore the search must continue.
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I love people with strong convictions, because we are living in a very PC world. You can't crack a joke without it being in the headlines.
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Men move through a much different process before commitment than women do.
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There's nothing wrong with a thick eyebrow; Frida Kahlo had them.
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Let's see if we can't get this war behind us now. Certainly, the man in the street, the common person there, wants to have this war behind him. I think a lot of the soldiers are very war-weary too.
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The trade magazine and all was banned in my house. The first time I read a film magazine was when I was 18.
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Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen.
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Could you say 'senator' instead of 'ma'am? It's just a thing. I worked so hard to get that title. I'd appreciate it.
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Ever since happiness heard your name, it has been running through the streets trying to find you.
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Opening acts are hard, really hard. There's more politics involved than music, sometimes.
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If there is one thing BP's 'watery improv act' made clear, it is that, as a culture, we have become far too willing to gamble with things that are precious and irreplaceable, and to do so without a back-up plan, without an exit strategy.
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You can tell when people think they're a little bit special, and it's quite fun to laugh at them, and I think it's good to laugh at them, because then you can deflate their egos a bit.
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Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.
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If you have a passion and love for something, it's hard to give it up. I had jobs where the people were helpful and let me go to auditions, and I'd make up the hours another day. I was lucky in that respect: I could afford to get to London.
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It's not healthy to be jealous.
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I stayed in the ghetto. Then I stayed in condos, then I stayed in penthouses, and then I stayed in mansions.
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Most people draw from the mind, not the eye. They draw the idea of a table or a face, not what's in front of them. We don't actually see the line of the jaw as a line and we don't see an eye as a perfectly outlined almond shape.
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I have a lot of LGBT friends and family members and I've always supported the community, not only as a child but as an adult, and I think it's important to voice that.
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Tennis Australia really led the charge as far as upping the prize money and trying to do the right thing by the players. They also led the way so women have equal prize money in all the grand slams too.
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I just made my album. I did my best. And I uploaded the video just to 'YouTube.' That was all.
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The French repulsed wave after wave of frontal attacks at Dien Bien Phu. The 1968 Tet offensive against the U.S. was a military disaster that effectively destroyed the Viet Cong. But Giap persisted and prevailed.
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I believe the word "perfection" should be changed to "pure fiction" - it's just not possible!
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Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm.
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I could never be a distance runner, because I can't run for more than ten minutes. There aren't enough iPod gigabytes in the world to make that worth it for me.
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God is a challenge because there is no proof of his existence and therefore the search must continue.
