Hal Abelson Quotes
The computer revolution is a revolution in the way we think and in the way we express what we think.
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I join with Governor Rick Snyder and thousands of grassroots supporters and activists from across the state of Michigan in asking you all to please help me in supporting Pete Hoekstra, who I am proud to endorse. He will be our next United States senator.
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I always wanted to go to the Chavez school but I could never afford it when I was growing up so a lot of my learning came from magic books and watching other magicians. I was also very lucky that I had a couple of really good magic teachers.
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Since Auschwitz, we know what man is capable of. And since Hiroshima, we know what is at stake.
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Ranger fans, they're expecting you to win, so you really want to show up every day.
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The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.
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Though I am a Catholic, a professing one, I have serious doubts about the survival of the human personality after death.
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Whatever you are doing, give it all of your attention. Prioritise what you're going to do carefully, and then be in the moment.
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While many of us never knew Ronald Reagan personally, we felt close to him because we shared his lighthearted sense of humor, admired his uncommon virtue, and were moved by his remarkable wisdom.
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If I die a violent death, as some fear and a few are plotting, I know that the violence will be in the thought and the action of the assassins, not in my dying.
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It's not like I go out there to be a sex symbol. I mean, it's nice of course - but embarrassing.
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Overhead will eat you alive if not constantly viewed as a parasite to be exterminated. Never mind the bleating of those you employ. Hold out until mutiny is imminent before employing even a single additional member of staff. More startups are wrecked by overstaffing than by any other cause, bar failure to monitor cash flow.
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I took on cancer like I take on everything - like a mission and a job to accomplish.
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I'm not trying to set the world on fire; I just want to make really beautiful clothes that women want to wear, can afford, and can really see themselves in.
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If anybody's getting a shot, somebody's getting a shot against me because I'm the guy to beat.
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When I was 16 or 17, I started listening to Death Cab, and I started writing my own songs. I was writing alternative rock, and I had a seven-piece band. The shift was just iterations of experimentation and finding what sounded right. When I stumbled on the sound and vibe that I currently have, it was kind of by chance.
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A man will do more for his stubbornness than for his religion or his country.
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My mom and my dad were married 56 years, and the fact that I reconciled with my dad I think made their marriage a little bit better as well.
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The day of the absolute is over, and we're in for the strange gods once more.
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An animal may be ferocious and cunning enough, but it takes a real man to tell a lie.
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There are a lot of men with feminine leadership styles and there are a lot of women with masculine leadership styles.
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I learned you're going to have to start from the ground up, and honestly, it starts with hard work, hard work in the offseason, and no shortcuts really.
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People come along and impose their own stuff on plays, and it shows.
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I think it's this congenital problem with journalism that we oversell the difference we make. We make small differences.
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The computer revolution is a revolution in the way we think and in the way we express what we think.
