Douglas Hofstadter Quotes
You make decisions, take actions, affect the world, receive feedback from the world, incorporate it into yourself, then the updated 'you' makes more decisions, and so forth, 'round and 'round.
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I don't mind talking about 'what might have been,' but I am not one to doubt or regret most of my decisions.
Larry Wilcox
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There is one thing women can never take away from men. We die sooner.
P. J. O'Rourke
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I've always been an underdog. I feel like I beat the odds.
J. Cole
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
Natalie Dormer
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Having achieved and accomplished love... man... has become himself, his tale is told.
D. H. Lawrence
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It's just someone has labelled us as having a different label to do what you do. I find that labels are the worst thing in the world for artistic expression.
Ornette Coleman
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There was no reality to pain when it left one, thought while it held one fast all other realities failed.
Rachel Field
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A committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is not a structure but a plant. It takes root and grows, it flowers, wilts, and dies, scattering the seed from which other committees will bloom in their turn.
C. Northcote Parkinson
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Conflict is very much a state of mind. If you're not in that state of mind, it doesn't bother you.
Yotam Ottolenghi
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Some women can't say the word lesbian... even when their mouth is full of one.
Kate Clinton
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You never know what the future holds, so I am just enjoying being happy, healthy, and having my wonderful husband by my side.
Olivia Newton-John
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When I think of the most beautiful women, they're not supermodels.
Becki Newton
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The red-carpet thing of premieres and parties is probably my least favourite part of my job.
Zooey Deschanel
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With any kind of mean girl, or anyone who bullies anyone, there's always a reason for it. There is that sadness in them or insecurity that makes them feel like they need to act out or hurt other people.
Maiara Walsh
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You're always going to have people that are naysayers, that don't believe in your talent, that don't believe that you have any kind of longevity.
Vanessa Williams
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I may even show up behind the camera. I love to put things together; I love to give direction. I have a great eye for pace.
J. B. Smoove
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Something that's very painful for me is when people wear pants that are too short.
Rachel Zoe
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Dick Cheney and Bush's rise to power were built on tons of money from corporations and a dulled press.
Adam McKay
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I connect with people on a daily basis.
Zac Efron
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Every country wants to protect its athletes because it's ultimately Germany vs. Spain, America vs. China; sports are an extension of the government because of national pride.
Bryan Fogel
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Sigh... I have learned that *everything* is so hard...except what Allah makes easy. So we must *beg* Him to make it easy on us.
Yasmin Mogahed
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Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.
Mary Shelley
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You make decisions, take actions, affect the world, receive feedback from the world, incorporate it into yourself, then the updated 'you' makes more decisions, and so forth, 'round and 'round.
Douglas Hofstadter