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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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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Dick Cheney and Bush's rise to power were built on tons of money from corporations and a dulled press.
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You can be vegetarian and eat fish. It's your choice, just say: 'I am what I am.' There are no hardcore divisions anymore.
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In fact I enjoyed every minute of my life at King's, especially the discovery of French and German literature.
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My perspective is cultural and world-based. It's always been a global perspective.
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Doubtless he was going to start bragging about being a god. It went with the profile of this sort of lunatic.
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I hope my journals relating to World War II will help clarify issues of the past and thereby contribute to understanding the issues and conditions of the present and future.
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In this country, we rise or fall as one nation, as one people. Let's resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long.
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We always said that directors work their whole lives to get final cut on a movie. We have that. So why would you want to run away from what every other director is sprinting toward their entire careers?
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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.
