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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Picking up a guitar brought a lot of balance into my life.
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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 study what's happening in music. I want to sound different than everybody else.
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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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I literally coded Facebook in my dorm room and launched it from my dorm room. I rented a server for $85 a month, and I funded it by putting an ad on the side, and we've funded ever since by putting ads on the side.
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It's such a complicated thing to put a movie together. The book world is so much simpler.
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People far too often associate derivatives markets with mere speculation, but there are very legitimate businesses that need derivatives to protect themselves against risk.
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Everybody has their first love. I think it goes back to being in love with the idea of being in love. Everybody wants love, and your first love is special. You've never experienced anything like that. It's good to have a fond memory of it.
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If you want to be real about it, the fact that any actor books a job is a one-in-a-million shot. I've been so fortunate to have worked on even a few films, so, no, I don't wake up feeling bad.
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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.
