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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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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My career is playing the guys who go, 'Boo.' That's what I do.
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I like singing all songs, really, but I find that writing social commentary comes naturally.
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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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You can write a radical Norwegian or a conservative Norwegian. And when I changed to a conservative Norwegian, I gained this distance or objectivity in the language. The gap released something in me, and in the writing, which made it possible for the protagonist to think thoughts I had never myself thought.
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I'd like to consider myself a versatile skater and I like to skate to different kinds of music.
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There's just something about that cold rush that I know I hate and a lot of other swimmers hate.
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If we don't believe in moral absolutes and then we get into a cultural-political debate, how are we going to win?
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I really wasn't even aware that Batman and Superman had this kind of grudging friendship.
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I remember watching William Hartnell as the first 'Doctor.' Black and white made it very scary for a youngster like myself. I was petrified, but even though I'd watch most of it from behind the sofa through my fingers, I became a fan.
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I'm beyond lucky to have fallen in love with my best friend.
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I actually do not believe that Trump is anti-trade as such. He himself was a life-long trader in his own area, the real estate sector. And hasn't he just closed an arms deal with the Saudis valuing over $100 billion? The difference is that Trump sees trade as something with a winner and a loser. This seems to be a theme of his, and that makes us different. For us, trade is something where both sides win.
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‘Fight if you wish. Deny what is before you if it comforts you. But nothing you do can change your fate.’
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If I look to any company as a model, it's Apple. They're a brilliant design company working to create a lifestyle.
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I'm constantly thinking about design, shapes, patterns and colors, so I just want to be more of a blank canvas. But there is a comfort in knowing what you're going to wear, and that probably comes from Catholic school, where I wore a uniform for 10 years.
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Design: holding conflicting ideas in your head without difficulty.
