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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Harvard is the home of American ideas.
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Being an actress wasn't a plan at all, so what's happened to me is very strange. Life isn't very normal, even though I'm still very much a normal girl. I ride the subway, I ride the bus, and all of that.
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I let the whole 'Grease' experience be a springboard for me. I wanted to use the exposure I got from that very wisely to continue a successful career. It's taken a lot of work and perseverance.
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The only secret of magic is that I'm willing to work harder on it than you think it's worth.
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You wiggle to the left, you wiggle to the right, you do the Ooby Dooby with all your might.
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A lot of the work at Oculus has gone into working out better position tracking.
