Georg C. Lichtenberg Quotes
Much can be inferred about a man from his mistress: in her one beholds his weaknesses and his dreams.
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Even complex passwords are getting easy to break if they're too short. That's because today's inexpensive computer chips have the power of supercomputers from the year 2000.
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My earliest memory is dreamlike: in a small orchard or garden I am carried on the arm, I believe, of my father; there was a group of grown-ups, my mother among them, and the group was slowly walking in the orchard, it seems toward the house.
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A woman has to be twice as good as a man to go half as far.
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Without Khomeini, we would not be where we are. What a pity that, when pregnant with him, his mother did not choose to have an abortion.
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Entrepreneurship is seen as if you're in Silicon Valley or New York City and starting an app business or a social-media business, which is cool. But what we really have to focus on is people who make things, and how can we fund them, and how can we encourage people to stay in their community and make a difference in their community.
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What was bizarre, when I was younger, I never watched TV. I would rather watch a movie 100 times than to watch a TV show, just to find another nuance. I can't tell you how many times I've watched 'On the Waterfront', just to find a flaw so that I can learn and try to improve my thing.
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What bothered me was playing one-dimensional parts in films which were really about, 'Boy Meets Girl,' 'Will Boy Get Girl?'
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I'm a working actor. I don't make my own work, so it's the opportunities that are presented to me.
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There's a science fiction project we really want to make, but it's very expensive. Hopefully it will happen.
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In the morning, I always use a cube of ice on my face – it gives me a natural lift.
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Americans are xenophobic, they will believe their own people rather than the adversary, even a friendly enemy voice.
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Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.
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Actually, I take it as a compliment. Diva is a derivative of divine. That's quite a title to carry around.
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One of my friends went on a murder weekend... now he is doing life for it.
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I tell my children now that they are older, 'If something happens to me... don't make no big fuss over me. Don't make no big expense on my funeral. Don't put any pressure on the rest of the family. I've loved everybody, and I hope they loved me. But don't create this big expense for the family.'
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A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man's brow.
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Power tends to get confused with repression.
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I don't think there is such a thing as a German movie star. There are respected actors, but we are not publicized like TV people.
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Quark-antiquark collisions cannot be realized directly since free quarks are not available. The closest substitute is to use collisions between protons and antiprotons.
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Honesty is most important, and it's difficult when you're young and single and sort of figuring out your own life.
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What has been happening the last four years in City Hall is that they have been closing recreation centers, closing libraries. We have not looked after our children in City Hall.
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I know well enough in advance that you'll find my paintings perfect. I know that if they are exhibited they'll be a great success, but I couldn't be more indifferent to it since I know they are bad, I'm certain of it.
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Don't be afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.
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Much can be inferred about a man from his mistress: in her one beholds his weaknesses and his dreams.
