W. Daniel Hillis Quotes
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Left-wing politicians take away your liberty in the name of children and of fighting poverty, while right-wing politicians do it in the name of family values and fighting drugs. Either way, government gets bigger and you become less free.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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When you watch it, you're like, Wow. I look like that. But it doesn't feel like that at all. It was about communicating with Gale Harold and getting across what I wanted to say about the character.
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People who are fit are the same as anyone else. The only difference is their level of commitment. If looking good and being fit was easy, everyone would do it! Most people don't want to put in the work or make the sacrifices needed in order to be fit.
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I think I have a better sense of my weaknesses - being self-important, selfish and having a big ego probably triggers all the other stuff. I can see myself more clearly.
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The difficulty, the ordeal, is to start.
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Always say 'yes' to the present moment... Surrender to what is. Say 'yes' to life - and see how life starts suddenly to start working for you rather than against you.
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My career is playing the guys who go, 'Boo.' That's what I do.
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If it feels right and I'm not going against any energy in myself or the situation, there would be no limit.
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I like singing all songs, really, but I find that writing social commentary comes naturally.
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It's rewarding to be recognized by the fans and other players for my abilities and to be able to represent the Arizona Cardinals fans from around the world.
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The ultimate thing is creating your own stuff and making projects for yourself. That's what Seth Rogen does. He's writing and producing a lot of the movies that he's the lead in.
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But my mother and father were married when my mom was 20 and my dad was 24.
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I couldn't care less about business.
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I don't want to be an action star, an action star's life is so short. I want my life to get longer, I want my career to get longer.
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Lawsuits prod companies to make their products safer.
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I liked Sartre's views but not his writing.
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Design is about point of view, and there should be some sort of woman or lifestyle or attitude in one's head as a designer. So my being able to reach the masses was something that meant a great deal to me - especially for women who could never wear Vera Wang.
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I didn't want to just do a show where my character stood out and other characters were flat or one-to-two-dimensional. I wanted everybody to have meat.
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The road to democracy is rarely smooth, but for Egyptian women, it has been exceptionally bumpy.
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The music is what sustains the player from beginning to end. That’s where you get your life from. That’s why you play jazz.
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My architectural drive was to design new types of buildings to help poor people, especially following natural disasters and catastrophes... I will use whatever time is left to me to keep doing what I have been doing, which is to help humanity.
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Design: holding conflicting ideas in your head without difficulty.
