John Carmack Quotes
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I've been called 'Bruce Lee.' I've been called other less offensive, but equally stupid and racist kind of terms.
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Hip-hop definitely taught me a lot. Having to create your own identity and become known and respected in a male-dominated field - it requires some guts. There are times you have to be strong, and times when you have to stand alone for what you believe in.
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People don't just want a mindless flick with a superstar; they want to connect more deeply.
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New Year's Eve, we're going to be doing a concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra in Symphony Hall. It makes me feel good, because of all the people they could have had, they wanted me! We do have to do a little work with the rhythm section.
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Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
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He who improves an opportunity sows a seed which will yield fruit in opportunity for himself and others.
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The Pentagon is actually a 10-story building, five up and five down.
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Thom is one of those wonderful people to cook for because he absolutely loves it, just loves it. He loves to eat and drink and he'd be a great guest at any dinner party.
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I started traveling by myself as early as 5 to see my dad. I'd go to Toronto or Los Angeles, depending on what show he was doing, but most often New York, and we would hang out, and he'd take me to museums and Broadway plays. The ones that had the biggest impact on me were the George C. Wolfe productions.
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On the face of it, China has won the Olympics. But it is not China that has won, but the Communist party. The Chinese people have lost.
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Over the years, I have worked very hard to achieve what I have so far. But I've not been alone in this journey. A lot of the credit for this goes to my fans - it's because of them that I'm here today.
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My mother took great relish in introducing me as 'This is my son - he's a doctor but not the kind that helps people.'
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War is not an exercise of the will directed at an inanimate matter.
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To put it bluntly, there isn't one economic theory that can single-handedly explain Singapore's success; its economy combines extreme features of capitalism and socialism. All theories are partial; reality is complex.
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This is God's world, not Satan's. Christians are the lawful heirs, not non-Christians.
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I cannot be music director at La Scala and at Staatsoper. This would be unfair to one of the two institutions.
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Who does understand life?
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The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
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There is such a difference between life and theory.
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'Game of Thrones' fans are the nicest people ever, but a thousand nice people coming at me gives me claustrophobia.
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It's very unusual on 'Game of Thrones' for there to be a deleted scene because the scripts are pretty locked in. There's rarely a reason to say, 'Hey, we don't need this scene.'
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Being Jewish is a big part of my artistic sensibility and my humor... I think it gives me a certain take on the world on a literary level.
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We needed a true leader. Sam has a history of making big plays and big shots. The guys have a great deal of respect for him. We're going to be a much better team.
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I'd rather have a search engine or a compiler on a deserted island than a game.
