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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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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War is not an exercise of the will directed at an inanimate matter.
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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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I have been back in Paris for two weeks. Nothing new. Life is still bitter.
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I am not trying to conform to an unrealistic model of beauty. I am, however, being proactive in being the healthiest I can be.
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The first rounds of a tournament are always tricky because playing tennis takes a lot out of you.
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I'm not afraid of werewolves or vampires or haunted hotels, I'm afraid of what real human beings to do other real human beings.
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The federal government spends millions to run the Postal Service. I could lose your mail for half of that.
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But all that being said about modulation, if you're serving people delicious food, they won't complain.
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And of course we are familiar with the English common law rule of thumb that said a man could in fact use a stick no bigger than his thumb to discipline his wife and family.
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Everyone has highs and lows that they have to learn from, but every morning I start off with a good head on my shoulders, saying to myself, 'It's going to be a good day!'.
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I would have to say fantasy RPG and MMOs are my favorite type of games. I love 'Dark Souls II.' That game is so hard and unforgiving; if you beat that game, you have true skills.
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I'd rather have a search engine or a compiler on a deserted island than a game.
