Jerome Isaac Friedman Quotes
Innovation is the key to the future, but basic research is the key to future innovation.

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Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.
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I write in a small office at home.
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I originally envisioned myself doing something with the suffix 'ology' at the end of it, like marine biology or entomology. But after I started to do some acting gigs, I thought it wasn't a bad thing... I said to myself, 'I might as well keep riding this bus until the wheels fall off.'
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Really? Worst film you ever saw. Well, my next one will be better. Hello. Hello.
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For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.
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For decades, Iran has covertly worked to develop a nuclear weapons program and has repeatedly violated its international obligations.
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Rejuvenation of younger players should be the job of the Indonesian Badminton Association. But local competitions will help identify new talent.
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If Obamacare is so wonderful, why is it that its loudest advocates don't want to be subject to it?
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I love Jared Hess' movies. He's such a weirdo and such a nice, funny guy.
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A lot of people don't like me.
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Drink warm water with lemon first thing in the morning. It's a good way to detox and alkalize your body.
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A man notices a woman's figure when she walks in a room. Women have eight million words for blue; a man says dark blue or light blue.
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My son has taken liking for sports and is most of the time playing cricket and football. It is so much fun being with them, as I'm enjoying every phase of motherhood.
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It doesn't matter how many A-levels you have, what kind of a degree you have, if you have good manners, people will like you.
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Not all lies are harmful. Sometimes we're willing participants in deception for the sake of social dignity, maybe to keep a secret that should be kept secret, secret. We say, 'Nice song.' 'Honey, you don't look fat in that, no.'
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I've never played a Dane in a movie. I've had offers to be in Danish movies, including for some good directors, but I either had a job at the time or, when I was available, the movie just didn't happen. Hopefully someday I'll do one.
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The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'
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It's no use crying over spilt summits.
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I'm all for past influences; the question is whether they are deterministic. Freud and the behaviorists argue that what we are at any given moment is billiard balls whose past determines our future course. That doesn't take into account that we are forever generating internal representations of positive futures and choosing among them.
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Artists have made innovations in many areas... But whatever the nature of an artist's innovation, its importance ultimately depends on the extent of its influence on other artists.
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Because the process of innovation often relies heavily on the combining and recombining of previous innovations, the broader and deeper the pool of accessible ideas and individuals, the more opportunities there are for innovation.
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I saw what religion did to people when I grew up, and I certainly didn't want any part of it. That turned me off it.
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But we made a decision based on the fact that we have been up there a long time and that we feel that the seniority is important to the people of Louisiana.
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Innovation is the key to the future, but basic research is the key to future innovation.