John von Neumann Quotes
When we talk mathematics, we may be discussing a secondary language built on the primary language of the nervous system.
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Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned by me.
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I think 'The Color of Money' was very instrumental in opening up other opportunities. People started to recognize me as an artist after that film. And then, after I did 'Bird,' it was more solidified.
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Let's all understand that these guiding principles cannot be discarded for short-term political gains. They represent what this country is all about. They are indigenous to the American idea. And these are principles which are not negotiable.
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Businesses fail when they over-invest in what is at the expense of what could be.
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The horror genre is not my favorite. I think it's fun, there's a great place for it and I get a kick out of it, but some stuff I'm too old for. You can't just take 10 guys and stick them in a cabin and off them one at a time - I'm not vested.
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Most people who went about saying a ghost had poked them with a brolly would be locked up somewhere.
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That's one of the lucky things about getting the success later on. I know how I want to dress, I know what kind of house I want to live in, I just know more about myself, and that's true about the roles I want to play and what parts of myself I want to express. You're just more in touch with yourself.
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Never thought acting was something you could make a living at. It wasn't until I was in college, and got a lead in a play, that I began to realize I might just be able to blunder into this profession.
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Microsoft makes numerous apps for both Android and iOS, as do Google, Amazon and Facebook. You can run iTunes and iCloud on Windows and Office on the Mac.
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Congress is attempting to eviscerate women's health care. Like many women across America, I am outraged.
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You cannot make peace with terrorists. The normal dividing lines between war and peace do not apply.
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I find playwriting to be incredibly difficult compared to screenwriting. Part of it is that I grew up watching movies and not watching plays.
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I become a first-time novelist and a senior citizen on the same day.
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I feel like I've been the star of my own show for a while now. I was always putting on shows as a kid, and obviously, my household was really creative.
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Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.
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The ability for consumers to receive broadcast over the air signal is their right.
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I get used to my fountain pens and my clothes, and I can never throw them away. I replace them only when I see that they are broken or embarrassing to wear.
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I remember auditioning for record labels and having them tell me, 'Well, the country-radio demographic is the thirty-five-year-old female housewife. Give us a song that relates to the thirty-five-year-old female, and we'll talk.'
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If you take the fashion out of it, clothing has a lot of information - about how we feel about ourselves, how we'd like to feel about ourselves, and what we'd like to be: If you show up to an interview in sweatpants and a T-shirt, I'm going to deal with you in a really different way.
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I actually think Johannesburg represents the future. My version of what I think the world is going to become looks like Johannesburg.
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We had a blowout in the third quarter and we never recovered from it. Give them credit Mobley and Brand were productive players out there.
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I object to teaching of slogans intended to befog the mind, of whatever kind they may be.
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Alcohol may pick you up a little bit, but it lets you down in a hurry.
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When we talk mathematics, we may be discussing a secondary language built on the primary language of the nervous system.
