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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The old knowledge had been difficult but not distressing. It had been all paradox and myth, and it had made sense. The new knowledge was all fact and reason, and it made no sense.
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Traveling, I've met Ghanaian people who have seen me in minor stuff, but they see the name Ato Essandoh, and they recognize it as a Ghanaian name. They come up to me and are always so excited. You don't think about it, but they really absorb American culture.
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I think all of us are thankful every day we get to put this uniform on, and we play this game. So try not to take any days for granted. Every time you take the field, give a hundred percent and leave it all out there.
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Economics has paid a terrible price for its dalliances with the Keynesian and neoclassical theories.
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It is evident that the grip of 'The Return of the King' on Mr. Jackson is not unlike the grasp the One Ring exerts over Frodo: it's tough for him to let go, which is why the picture feels as if it has an excess of endings. But he can be forgiven. Why not allow him one last extra bow?
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Much can be inferred about a man from his mistress: in her one beholds his weaknesses and his dreams.
