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.
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There is one thing women can never take away from men. We die sooner.
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I've always been an underdog. I feel like I beat the odds.
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When the news is good, the BBC view is: 'Get the government out of the picture quickly, don't allow them to say anything about it.' When the news is bad: 'Let's all dump on the government.'
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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Having achieved and accomplished love... man... has become himself, his tale is told.
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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.
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There was no reality to pain when it left one, thought while it held one fast all other realities failed.
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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.
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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.
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Some women can't say the word lesbian... even when their mouth is full of one.
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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.
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When I think of the most beautiful women, they're not supermodels.
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The red-carpet thing of premieres and parties is probably my least favourite part of my job.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Something that's very painful for me is when people wear pants that are too short.
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Dick Cheney and Bush's rise to power were built on tons of money from corporations and a dulled press.
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No one actually needs another person or another person's love to survive. Love is when we have irrationally convinced ourselves that we do.
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I always cry at weddings; they're beautiful, and I'm always moved.
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I am an enthusiastic European, and my first-hand experience of war and hatred has strengthened that conviction. I have seen how misguided unilateral nationalistic identities have brought destruction and death. I am, however, a world citizen, too.
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Optimism, then, is a fact within my own heart. But as I look out upon life, my heart meets no contradiction. The outward world justifies my inward universe of good.
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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.
