Niklaus Wirth (Niklaus Emil Wirth) Quotes
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Virtually everything that gets printed about me is wrong anyway, so it doesn't really matter what you say.
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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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Unborn children do not have a voice, but they are young members of the human family. It is time to look at the unborn child, and recognize that it is really a young human, who can feel pain and should be treated with care.
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Who knows what crumbling infrastructure lies beneath our sleeping children? Actually, many people do - they pay surveyors to take a look.
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Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit.
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When I'm onstage, I'm more in the audience in my head than I am on the stage.
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You want to live a life in which the things you have traded your hard-earned money for are quality items that really do uplift your life.
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My duty as a teacher is to train, educate future programmers.
