John Carmack Quotes
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Maybe 10 times a year I'll do a corporate date, but no casinos or no nightclubs or no comedy clubs.
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When I was a kid, all I ever wanted was to be famous.
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A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up.
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I've come a long way since 2007 when I kind of launched my golf career.
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Today is life-the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today. Get interested in something. Shake yourself awake. Develop a hobby. Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto.
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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment. When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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Our emerging workforce is not interested in command-and-control leadership. They don't want to do things because I said so; they want to do things because they want to do them.
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Our company sells about five to six million pounds of sausage a year. We sell it retail and to restaurants. We've got all kinds of products.
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Whatever our bedtime was as kids, we could stay up an extra half hour if we were reading. My parents didn't care as long as I was under the spell of a Stephen King or a Douglas Adams. Now I read in bed. I read at work. I read standing in line. It's like, 'Hello, my name is Nathan and I am a reader.'
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I love dresses, and I've definitely thought about designing them someday. I just want to make sure that I wait until the time is perfect and I can do it right.
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My father never forced me, but chemistry was my best subject.
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People think that if you have a huge appetite, then you'll be better at it. But actually, it's how you confront the food that is brought to you. You have to be mentally and psychologically prepared.
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There is nothing like singing a song that 20,000 people know and are singing back to you.
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Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck.
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My normal life is like being on holiday.
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You have to love your body, respect it, and treat it well.
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A dinosaur out of context is like a character without a story. Worse than that, the character suffers from amnesia.
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The way to a man's heart is through his chest.
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I haven't had an orthodox career, and I've wanted more than anything to have your respect. The first time I didn't feel it, but this time I feel it, and I can't deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me!
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Too often, the music business allowed third-party companies to innovate for us - and that simply does not work anymore.
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I remember feeling that technology was like trying to draw with your foot. In a ski boot. It was the most indirect way to work imaginable, but the potential had us all excited. I started in stop motion.
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I like what I do, and I'm very fortunate now to be in a very nice place. Which is that I don't have to work anymore. So the work that I do now is purely because I really want to.
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While I was on an undercover assignment in Texas, I met my wife, Kelly.
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A lot of the work at Oculus has gone into working out better position tracking.
