Hal Abelson Quotes
There's a good part of Computer Science that's like magic. Unfortunately there's a bad part of Computer Science that's like religion.
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In China, a lot of the opening up of private entrepreneurship is happening because women are starting businesses, small businesses, faster than men.
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All those things you hear about networks trying to stifle creativity - CW lets creators create and gives us freedom.
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The first thing I saw was that Brett Rogers had his way very quickly - in 20 seconds - with a UFC champion, Andrei Arlovski.
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In Sweden, they broadcast the American shows in English with Swedish subtitles, whereas in many European countries they dub them. Watching those shows in English was big for me.
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What we do is nothing like the portrayal of badminton as a gentle game played in a church hall. Badminton can be fun and relaxing, but as professionals, this sport is our heart and soul and passion, and our games are fast and aggressive.
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I grew up on Bach and Beethoven, and now I'm listening to more modern composers who I can't even name. But since I'm constantly doing music, it's difficult to have that quality time to listen to music and do classical stuff.
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We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful.
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Each of the bracelets I wear is from a long trip I've taken. One is from Nicaragua. One is from Nepal. One is from Guatemala. One is from Laos. They don't come off. I walk into a lot of very high-level boardrooms now, and I present to distinguished conferences, but these bracelets remind me of the places I've been and the people I've met.
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There's no musical landscape to poetry. It has somewhat of a higher standard than songs, I think.
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Finding a good band is Iike finding a good wife. You got to keep trying till you find the right one.
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I used to be very photogenic. My brother took a lot of pictures of me in Dubai. I thought maybe I could be a movie star. There was a hurdle, though - I didn't know anything about films.
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It wasn't until I set out to write a novel about marriage that I realized how little I knew about the institution.
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I think there's a big misconception out there about actors and the choices they have.
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I do not connect fashion to elegance. Elegance is in the wilderness, and fashion is in the domestic.
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Oh God, I'm awful at sports. In gym I just try and avoid getting hit in the face.
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I always try not to overload my music with orchestration and to use only those instruments that are absolutely necessary.
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For the stage displays the first vigorous expression, as the natural thing and without conspicuous restraint, of private individuality.
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I love mixing with comedians when I'm working with them, but when I'm not I don't feel the need to hang around with them.
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Schiller writes in a letter to Goethe, 17 December 1795 of a ‘poetic mood’. I think I know what he means, I think I am familiar with it myself. It is the mood of receptivity to nature and one in which one’s thoughts seem as vivid as nature itself.
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You just learn to cope with whatever you have to cope with. I spent my childhood in New York, riding on subways and buses. And you know what you learn if you’re a New Yorker? The world doesn’t owe you a damn thing.
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Even the sun directs our gaze away from itself and to the life illumined by it.
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Early in my career, I was really spoiled with a beautiful project. I got such a good start that I thought, 'Why would I ever take a step back?' Why would I take on something that wasn't meaningful - to me, if nobody else - and powerful and groundbreaking?
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There's a good part of Computer Science that's like magic. Unfortunately there's a bad part of Computer Science that's like religion.
