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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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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I don't like writing with real people in mind.
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Against destiny I fulfilled my duty . Uselessly? No, for I fulfilled it.
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The happiest mortals on earth are ladies who have been bereaved by the loss of their husbands.
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I want a pig. I want a pig on a leash. A baby pig on a leash.
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It's well done if you can do a part and not have the acting show.
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KISS is the number-one American band in gold-record sales. In the world, only the Beatles and the Stones are ahead of us. Every other band should be wiping my ass. The line forms over there to the left.
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When we talk mathematics, we may be discussing a secondary language built on the primary language of the nervous system.
