John W. Thompson Quotes
While there have been terrific advances in the state of technology around heuristics, behavior blocking, and things like that, technology is only a part of the approach to solving the problem with the more important aspect involving putting the right process in place.
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I'm very self-critical.
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One reason we love fiction is because stories have a comforting shape. They provide a resolution that's lacking in our regular lives.
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The thoughtful soul to solitude retires.
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The only thing simple about the past is that it's not now.
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I do feel as if... Look, I think I'm a very kind of ordinary person, and it seems to me that things that are of interest to me will probably be of interest to other people. I'm not exceptional; I don't have exceptional thoughts.
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Once a song's out there, it's no longer mine. And that's the whole purpose of music: to belong to people.
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There are certain things women are better at than men.
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It is not length of life, but depth of life.
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If I do a song where I'm angry, when it's time to perform it live I'm not mad, I'm happy. I'm at a concert. But I have to somehow drum up that rage. That's acting.
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I just love scary movies. I love the thrill.
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The characteristic of scientific progress is our knowing that we did not know.
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My shows and my material are grounded in reality. It's pretty much something that's either happened in my life or in the news, and I start there and give you my take on it.
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I tend not to have any references to anything. I just jump into the script in front of me. If you reference too much, you have no idea if the performances are right.
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They hate whom they fear.
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Sound is a huge influence on peoples' attention.
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I've learnt more physics from Kabbalah than I ever did in school.
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I love 'First Wives Club' and 'Death Becomes Her' and movies about women like that.
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In the original script, my character was a basketball player rather than a boxer. I didn't think I could pull that off. I'm a little short to be a basketball player!
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I have a very positive outlook.
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We were so ready with Valerian that we were early, which is unheard of in the history of the sci-fi film.
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I greatly enjoy reading the biographies of scientists, and when doing so I always hope to learn the secrets of their success. Alas, those secrets generally remain elusive.
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I can remember when 'Pulp Fiction' came out. I was, like, 10 years old. But I remember the impact that it had.
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A lot of stuff's going to happen in a football career that you don't like.
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While there have been terrific advances in the state of technology around heuristics, behavior blocking, and things like that, technology is only a part of the approach to solving the problem with the more important aspect involving putting the right process in place.
