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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I will not promote other people's songs big time. I will just mention that I produced the song to get the credit I think I deserve.
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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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Your health is your starting point - without it, you have nothing.
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When I go to bed at night, I ask God to give me another day; I ask him to keep me strong and make me a good teacher and to keep spreading this right word.
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I always very much enjoyed arts and it was so central in my family, my mother was also an art teacher, as well as founding the Henson Company with my dad, there was a lot of art going on in our household.
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I don't ever take anything for granted.
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My duty as a teacher is to train, educate future programmers.
