Niklaus Wirth (Niklaus Emil Wirth) Quotes
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I want to drink champagne from ladies' shoes.
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We've tried to make a Superman movie where he does stuff and you go, 'Yeah, if I was Superman, that's what I'd do.' Even though he's an alien, he's more relatable, more human.
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The trade magazine and all was banned in my house. The first time I read a film magazine was when I was 18.
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A lot of comedians do bits where they say, 'I was listening to this song, and this person said this, and you know how they say that?' And I thought it would work better if I actually had a DJ put that song lyric right there. It makes it more dynamic, and it's more energetic.
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It is most regrettable that nuclear energy is being harnessed for making nuclear weapons.
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If I still had my legs, I would be in line for a battalion command, and instead, I'm flying a desk.
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I don't really shop any more. I only do it when I have to. I think it is very overrated.
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I mean, if a camera's on you all the time, you don't get real moments.
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Last year people won more than one billion dollars playing poker. And casinos made twenty-seven billion just by being around those people.
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If someone busted into your house and robbed you, would you then forgive them if you found out they were a veteran? Of course not. So why are we forgiving McCain for selling out his country by supporting the Bush agenda?
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I always liked spy stories.
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The common thread in all my projects is 'girls being awesome.' Can we make that a genre?
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I may as well say it, I have been married three times.
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My father used to sing to me in my mother's womb. I think I can name about any tune in two beats.
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I've always been very tied to language.
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A storytelling device teaches. I hate to say it that way, because kids tune out. I don't teach on purpose, but I'm glad that it happens sometimes.
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Liberman said to me, 'I must cut back on the work you do for Vogue. The editors don't like it. They say the photographs burn on the page . After some years, I began to understand that what they wanted of me was simply a nice, sweet, clean-looking image of a lovely young woman.
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Oregonians expect the state to prioritize the health and well-being of them and their families.
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As long as I kept my body moving I could forget about the emptiness inside.
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While teaching, I also worked undercover in the lower courts by saying I was a young law teacher wanting experience in criminal law. The judges were happy to assist me but what I learned was how corrupt the lower courts were. Judges were accepting money right in the courtroom.
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That's always the trick with the sequels, is how much do you repeat from the first one. Because we all get bummed out when you go see a sequel and it's beat for beat.
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When people look and decide they have nothing in common with me - I'm 43, balding, blond, whatever - there's something absolutely invigorating about winning them over. Even if it's eight people from Sweden who don't understand what I'm talking about.
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Comedy has sort of been my life-long obsession. I literally obsessed over comedy. I really didn't play sports - for me it was just comedy, computers and chess club; those were my big things.
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My duty as a teacher is to train, educate future programmers.
