James Gleick Quotes
Information theory began as a bridge from mathematics to electrical engineering and from there to computing.
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I don't know how to read. I get all my news from Jon Stewart every day.
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It's hard to have people talking about you and trashing you in the media and saying they think your career is over... and you are only 25.
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The American people likewise want to see enforcement first, no tricks, no triggers, no amnesty, enforcing existing laws and closing loopholes to reaffirm that our great Republic is, in fact, a nation of laws.
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I do not remember exactly when I became interested in astronomy, but I know it was at a very young age. I did organize an astronomy club for my friends at the age of 11. We would meet once a week to learn about the constellations.
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When I joined Small Faces, we occasionally would bump into The Who. And Keith Moon and I became firm pals.
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God takes care of imbeciles, little children and artists.
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But as I grew up as a child, falling in love with the theater and Shakespeare, my heroes were Sir Laurence Olivier and Sir John Gielgud.
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I'm a sucker for any band named after a work of literature. Los de Abajo take their name from Mariano Azuela's famous novel 'The Underdogs,' and that says a lot about who they are and the music they make.
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Do not be bullied out of your common sense by the specialist; two to one, he is a pedant.
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Enjoy every sandwich.
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I feel like, when I'm 100% healthy, I can do anything.
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No doubt about it. For every player. Thursday nights are very tough for us because it is a short turnaround.
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I love aging. Why would I want to be 21 for the rest of my life?
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The triple is the most exciting play in baseball. Home runs win a lot of games, but I never understood why fans are so obsessed with them.
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Even now, my husband Jerry, our son Matthew and I live only five minutes away from my parents home, and my brothers live about ten minutes away. It's been great having such a supportive family.
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The fans sing my name around the world. When I meet fans, they ask, 'How are you? All good with your family?'
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I've always, in some way, incorporated sampling into my work.
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Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.
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Obama has built his public image around his ability to bridge divisions - racial, ideological or generational. And that was his reputation, even at Harvard Law School, where he was the first black president of the 'Law Review.'
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In 1960, I enrolled in the chemical engineering program at UNAM, as this was then the closest way to become a physical chemist, taking math-oriented courses not available to chemistry majors.
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I am going to design, in a great hurry, and I believe to build a station after my own fancy; that is, with engineering roofs, etc. etc. It is at Paddington, in cutting, and admitting of no exterior, all interior and all roofed in.
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They had asked for me because they wanted a younger girl, but Mum asked if she could bring Kylie along because she didn't want there to be any jealously.
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States Rights died at Appomattox.
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Information theory began as a bridge from mathematics to electrical engineering and from there to computing.
