Douglas Hofstadter Quotes
If the meanings of true and false were switched, this sentence wouldn't be false.
Quotes to Explore
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Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.
Isaac Asimov
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Form can only be destroyed accidentally, i.e., on account of its connexion with substance, the true nature of which consists in the property of never being without a disposition to receive form.
Maimonides
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We are living in difficult times. There are a lot of people out of work - am I going to stand there and whinge? No, because I am lucky to have such a wonderful job.
Gary Lineker
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Working with Angela Bassett is by far the best. I've watched and admired her for years. I'm very intrigued by her work. She's so cool. I still call her 'Mom' when I see her.
Lance Gross
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I'm great at a deathbed. I've never given tranquillisers or psychiatric medicine. I've given love and fun and creativity and passion and hope, and these things ease suffering.
Patch Adams
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I've been really lucky with the people that I've gotten to work with. I learn a lot from them, just by watching them.
Abigail Breslin
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I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.
M. C. Escher
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I've been too many places. I'm like the bad penny.
Jack Nicholson
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One definition of noir is where a not-so-good man or woman tries to touch something good - and fails.
S. J. Rozan
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I vowed to myself when I got married that I would cook every night. I find it very therapeutic.
Iman
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I do Yoga. I'd like to say I do it every morning, but I don't, I just don't have the time.
Radha Mitchell
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I doubt there's any government in the world that guides itself primarily by strategy or conceptual documents or worldview. Anybody who has the reins of power has to look at practical limitations and tradeoffs - the fact that you can focus at most on one or two things at a time, that resources are limited.
Barton Gellman
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Oh I've done bungee jumping. Skydiving, I have motorcycles that I ride. I'm a little bit of an adrenaline junkie in that way.
Zachary Levi
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I read a lot of true crime growing up – 'The Stranger Beside Me' by Ann Rule about Ted Bundy.
Karin Slaughter
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Men must turn square corners when they deal with the Government.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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I'm annoying to be around because I keep twitching.
Sam Taylor-Johnson
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We are now living in a fast paced technological era where every skill that we teach our children becomes obsolete in the 10 to 15 years due to exponentially growing technological advances.
Naveen Jain
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Congress is attempting to eviscerate women's health care. Like many women across America, I am outraged.
Felicity Huffman
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I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.
E. B. White
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Populism is not a style, it's a people's rebellion against the iron grip that big corporations have on our country - including our economy, government, media, and environment.
Jim Hightower
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Be easy on yourself. Have fun. Only hang around people that are positive and make you feel good. Anybody who doesn't make you feel good, kick them to the curb. And the earlier you start in your life the better. The minute anybody makes you feel weird and non-included or not supported, you know, either beat it or tell them to beat it.
Amy Poehler
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My interest is in making sure we‘ve got the kind of comprehensive energy policy that can bring down gas prices. If, in order to get that passed, we have to compromise in terms of a careful, well-thought out oil strategy that was carefully circumscribed to avoid significant environmental damage. I don't want to be so rigid that we can't get something done.
Barack Obama
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A lie to me is a dream that might come true.
Malachy McCourt
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If the meanings of true and false were switched, this sentence wouldn't be false.
Douglas Hofstadter