Ernst Fischer Quotes
As machines become more and more efficient and perfect, so it will become clear that imperfection is the greatness of man.
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There is no problem that is not improved by effort, and no effort that is too paltry to be worth undertaking.
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Remember, China is the largest country in the world, so they have the confidence, the capital and resources to create large companies.
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I think operating systems work best if they're free and open. Particular applications are more likely to be proprietary.
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Color television! Bah, I won't believe it until I see it in black and white.
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I love family films. Of course, as a mother who has to watch so many movies, you really appreciate it when somebody makes a film that is for everybody - family entertainment that's really for the family, where everyone has a good time.
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I had never been to a fashion show before going to the Burberry show last month. It was an extraordinary spectacle. I was incredibly green and had no idea what an undertaking it is. I also have a new respect for models because they are so close to the front row and must be so self-conscious.
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Politics is politics; art is art. If you play a political role, you have to stop being an artist.
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If I had written King Lear, I would regret it all my life afterwards. Because that work is so big, that its defects show as huge, its monstrous defects, things even minimal in between some scenes and their possible perfection. It's not the sun with spots; it's a broken greek statue.
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Mr. Clyde Ross at that time, like most African Americans around the country, was unable to secure a loan, due to policies around redlining and deciding, you know, who deserved the loans and who doesn’t. There was a broad, broad consensus that African Americans, for no other reason besides blanket racism, could not be responsible homeowners.
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Our culture peculiarly honors the act of blaming, which it takes as the sign of virtue and intellect.
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The world becomes an apparently infinite, yet possibly finite, card game. Image combinations, permutations, comprise the world game.
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Language is a tool adequate to provide any degree of precision relevant to a particular situation.
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Macklemore gets a Grammy over Kendrick Lamar. I still can't get over that. But again, it's not Macklemore's fault. It's the way of the country.
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Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is one element of faith.
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Before we start making blanket statements about abolishing the IRS, I think it's important to focus on what the tax code for the 21st century should look like.
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I believe that Carly Fiorina is a role model to millions of young American women. She started out as a part-time secretary and she ended up a CEO of one of the major corporations in America. I’m proud of her record and so I want everybody to know that Carly Fiorina is a person that I admire and respect.
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The supreme function of statesmanship is to provide against preventable evils.
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Some believe in Jesus, they don't act like they do. Some believe in Mohammed, I don't believe that's true. Cause they do believe in money, and gold is what it's for, all the gold can't buy no peace of mind in a world that don't believe in nothing anymore.
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The two most important people in animation are Winsor McCay and Walt Disney, and I'm not sure which should go first.
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Other famous men, those of much talk and few deeds, soon evaporate. Action is the dignity of greatness.
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To really achieve any level of greatness, you have to be willing to say yes no matter who says no, and to say no no matter who says yes.
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There's no law that decrees when not to whinge, but you reach a certain age - 80 seems about right - when you're expected to manifest querulousness - the coffee's too hot, the boiled egg's too soft.
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It starts with being unearthed. I like that word, unearthed, because we are being unearthed.
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As machines become more and more efficient and perfect, so it will become clear that imperfection is the greatness of man.
