John Carmack Quotes
The situation is so much better for programmers today - a cheap used PC, a linux CD, and an internet account, and you have all the tools necessary to work your way to any level of programming skill you want to shoot for.
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It's hard to make a good movie in four weeks. It's hard. I've done it, but it's not easy.
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Age for me is just a number.
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I get recognized so much. It happens mostly when I'm in Starbucks.
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I'm an actor, and I like having attention, I guess. There's a reason I like being on stage. There's a reason I like being in front of a camera. It's that interaction.
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
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I did not have a father. It was my mom who chose to be alone. She felt that she would be better off by herself with me after I was born.
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Like a lot of Irish households we read a lot of Irish history. It was almost Soviet, raising the next generation with a mythic view of their history.
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I like science fiction, I like fantasy, I like time travel, so I had this idea: What if you had a phone that could call into the past?
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You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here.
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NRDC has helped bring hope spots to more of our shared ocean waters. We helped draft and pass a California law creating a network of underwater parks stretching from the Oregon border to the Mexican border.
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That was one of those moments where I felt so confident. I played three matches in the same day.
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And I'm not an actress. I don't think I am an actress. I think I've created a brand and a business.
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I don't take pleasure in anyone's demise, really.
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The idea that happiness could have a share in beauty would be too much of a good thing.
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When I got my Oprah money, the first thing I bought was a really nice electronic bidet toilet seat.
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If you're conservative in Hollywood, you're on a list of people who need to be put in their place.
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When I was 18, I couldn't wait to move away. I was like: 'If I ever have to come back here, I'll kill myself.' Glasgow seemed like failure and death to me back then, but not any more.
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We have heard time and time again in the course of our work how talking can help heal the hidden challenges we can't deal with alone.
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The idea of being a 'child star' always sounded awful to people my age, and so I was just very aware that these things are kind of fleeting and that a lot of it didn't have to do with me: it had to do with my age; it had to do with whatever came to mind when people thought of a young internet sensation.
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The Chinese people have been forced to forget the Tiananmen massacre. There has been no public debate about the event, no official apology. The media aren't allowed to mention it. Still today people are being persecuted and imprisoned for disseminating information about it.
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I wasn't a smart kid and I still don't think I'm too smart when it comes to book smart, but I was very good with what I knew and with my craft and I think that was my calling in life. But even today I never went to college.
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Whenever I arrive on a real location, I have to move around and work out what the best angles are going to be.
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There are times where I've made mistakes or our administration hasn't always aligned ourselves with the values we need to align ourselves with. It's a work of constant improvement.
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The situation is so much better for programmers today - a cheap used PC, a linux CD, and an internet account, and you have all the tools necessary to work your way to any level of programming skill you want to shoot for.
